Cloudy Heights of Abraham

With the clouds low and the air damp we put our planned walk on hold and instead visited the Heights of Abraham at Matlock Bath, which involved a cable car ascent to the eponymous hilltop from where we got an excellent view of – the clouds; less weather-affected was our descent from there into the Great Masson Cavern – or rather ascent, as counter-intuitively the mineshaft led upwards though mined voids and natural clefts to emerge higher up the peak, from where an even more impressive view was available - but still of the clouds.