Out on the wiley, windy moors…
We’d roll and fall in green
I couldn’t resist one more romp on the moors before the heather lost it’s glow. It was a day of low cloud and mist as we clambered up the hillside, startling sheep. A long pause on the tops, to get our breath back, and on past the boulders.
Then plunging back down… and up again! Alarm bells sounded when I saw the ford sign. Would the water be high? But I needn’t have worried.
The last slog back up the hill, though, was almost a step too far. Good thing I was surrounded by beauty, somewhere along the Esk Valley Way.
Hope you fill your Saturday with beauty. Debbie usually does! Why not go and join her with six words?
restlessjo 
“And we’ll all go together
To pluck wild mountain thyme
All around the blooming heather
Will ye go lassie, go?”
Couldn’t help but remember. Heard it sung by the Clancy Brothers.
Ellington
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Exactly! 🙂 🙂 And very beautiful. Thanks so much, Arletta. Happy Sunday!
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The heather is beautiful, Jo, and that first shot is just wonderful. Happy weekend!
janet
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It’s just amazing to be surrounded by it when it’s in full bloom, Janet! And those sheep are so silly but very cute. 🙂 🙂 Thanks a lot, hon.
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Wow! You cheat, Jo. How can one compete with such a landscape and photos for that matter 😀 🙂
Just extremely adorable ❤
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Me? Never Hanna. But I do have a little help from Mother Nature xx
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Wonderful photographs. What a beautiful place! I could imagine myself there, doing that walk and being entirely content.
Alison
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It’s so atmospheric with the hint of mist. I really love it, Alison. Thanks a lot! 🙂 🙂
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Oh, I love heather – and you caught the last of it! Thank you! Here it is gone since long…too much rain.
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It’s just turning brown here, Ann Christine. Wonderful while it lasted. 🙂 🙂 Have a fantastic trip with Vivi, and give my love to Dad’s homeland.
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Hopefully I will – and I always enjoy Poland.
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Oh the moors are looking lovely with the heather, I’d like to get up on Dartmoor before the weather changes too much.
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We crossed the moors in the car this week and already it was mostly brown, Gilly. It is the most glorious thing when it’s in bloom. Nice day, darlin? I’m watching tennis this evening. 🙂 🙂
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I love it! I’m not fond of heather when I see it in American gardens, but here where it belongs, it is so beautiful. And the sheep, too – it all makes for a beautiful set of photos.
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Thanks so much, Lynn. It is the most atmospheric place 🙂 🙂
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Ooops… I typed you sheep startler, you….but summat went wrong!!
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No worries- i’ve deleted it, Sue 🙂 🙂 I think the sheep will be ok.
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Quite the atmosphere, with the clouds and mist. It seemed to suit the area and the walk/romp that day. Love the presence of curious sheep. What funny heads sticking up behind the vegetation. Have a wonderful Saturday, Jo.
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The sheep easily outnumber the people, Liesbet. 🙂 🙂 I had an out and about adventure day yesterday. Watched a bit of tennis and done zumba today.
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They’ve got their eye on you, Jo. Great photos!
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They were terribly suspicious, Jill. It’s not like they had anything to steal! 🙂 🙂 Thanks, hon!
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Fantastic autumn colours, Jo! Thanks for showing.
Have a great weekend,
Pit
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The heather is at it’s best in August, Pit. It’s starting to die off now, so I made the most of it. 🙂 🙂 Thanks, hon! You, too!
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This was wonderful! I love sheep and to see them out grazing in the heather is beautiful! Thanks for sharing the photos.
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They are everywhere on the moors, and I especially love it when the heather is in bloom. Thanks a lot! 🙂 🙂
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Such a beautiful moorland scene. Our heather has long turned to brown 😦
Note to self: Get out and photograph heather in August!!
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This was 2 weeks ago and we just made it. When we were passing en route to Whitby last week it was already brown. 🙂 🙂
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Doesn’t take long.
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I would LOVE to take this walk with you! Any chance you could flatten it out a bit first, though?
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I’ll get the steam roller out, just for you, Ron 🙂 🙂
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Returning from sunny Portugal I am shocked at how wild the weather is and what it has done to my garden!
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It’s been seriously hit and miss, Andrew. It was like summer this morning, but the clouds are back. Don’t mind because I’m watching Laver Cup tennis. 🙂 🙂
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Love the way the sheep are peering out from the heather.
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They seemed surprised to see us, Ann! I have to admit we didn’t see many other people. A few cars whizzed past but didn’t stop. 😦 😦
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You exhaust me, just reading about your mountain hike, but your walk did so remind me of my childhood in Ireland when, as toddlers, we were taken walking on the mountain behind my grandfather’s farm, to gather blaeberries for jam-making. The heather then, too, was incredible, and at the top of the mountain was a lake which we were told was bottomless. Who knows? I put that knowledge up there with the one about sand turning into honey if I kept it all winter.
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Nice to bring back memories, Mari. 🙂 🙂 I exhaust myself sometimes!
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I think you are right in that you startled the sheep. That one looking at you halfway looks surprised 😀 Looks like a very quiet and peaceful path there, Jo. Up and down and sounds like you got your exercise for the day 🙂 Have a good weekend and hope it is a good week next week for you x
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Thanks a lot, hon. We were a bit off the beaten track and trying to find an easy way, Mabel, but I don’t think it exists. 🙂 🙂 I do love that wild country though. Zumba done for the day, I’m peacefully watching tennis from Prague right now.
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Hehe. The hard way is always the more entertaining 🙂 Yes, you can put your feet up now for the rest of the weekend. Well deserved 😀
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it looks so beautiful….. the place is amazing…..
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When the heather is in bloom is the best time on the moors. Usually most of August 🙂 🙂
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The heather really is at its best right now, gorgeous photos Jo. Hope you have a good weekend!
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It was glorious, Marion. 🙂 🙂 It’s just turning brown now, a bit like the leaves 😦
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