Brocken Spectre in the Lake District

Filmed on 18-03-16 This rare, eerie and beautiful sight appeared whilst walking the Coledale Horseshoe in the Lake District’s north western fells. Descending over Crag Hill and Sail and looking down into rising mist filling the valley, I photographed several Glories as the setting sun behind me glanced over the ridge. I’d seen a Glory before but not so vividly. However, the presence of a Brocken Spectre when you are alone, over 2000 feet up a mountain, in unfamiliar territory and about to be engulfed in mi