Mist lingers among the trees along the Shropshire Union canal as it snakes its way through the Cheshire plain to Beeston Castle, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Low autumn morning light rakes across the Cheshire plain with Beeston Castle and the Peckforton sandstone ridge beyond, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Panoramic view of Beeston Castle and the Peckforton Hills on a frosty winter morning over the Cheshire plain, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Dawn illuminates Beeston and Peckforton castles on the Peckforton sandstone ridge with mist lying on the Cheshire plain below, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Barges lay still on the Shropshire Union canal as the dawn light sweeps across the sky above Beeston Castle, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A pastel spring dawn morning with mist lying in the Cheshire plain extending to the Peckforton Hills and Beeston Castle, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Low winter light rakes across the Cheshire plain with Beeston Castle and the Peckforton sandstone ridge beyond, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Beeston Castle and Peckforton Hills rise above a blanket of mist and fog covering the Cheshire plain on a frosty winters morning, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The Shropshire Union canal leads through the Cheshire plain to Beeston Castle and the Peckforton sandstone ridge at sunrise, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Autumn dawn across the Cheshire plain with Beeston Castle and the Peckforton Hills receding into the morning mist, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Typical Cheshire farmhouse, Beeston, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe