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"If you've never explored #Dentdale, add it to your bucket list. Lying at the western end of the #NationalPark, the dale's steep-sided valley contrasts beautiful flower-filled meadows and lush riverside pastures with the upland of the fells.

📷 Dent Head by @alex_w_helin"

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bluemoon7 said:
I love those walled roads. what is their purpose? Protection from harsh winds? A border for sheep or cattle?
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It's a footpath not a road. The drystone wall is a big thing in Britain. Some of them date back to the C13; actually, some might be older than that. I think. :unsure: Anyway, it's farming thing, to keep cattle and sheep in, to mark land ownership boundaries. There's hedges as well, of course, but in upland areas it's mostly the walls. We've lost a lot, unfortunately. Not as many as the hedges we've lost but, still, it's not great. Such is modern life.

EDIT - You got my curiosity going. Turns out drystone walls were often built by the monks back in ye olden times! I did not know that. 😮

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" #Cray in #Wharfedale
Dry stone walls are a big feature of the #YorkshireDales ... they shelter animals. Tiny Wall Whorl and Mountain Whorl Snails, plus nesting birds like Wrens and mammals such as voles, mice, stoats or weasels."

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"Ancient dry-stone walls and field barns are defining features of the Dales landscape - shaped over thousands of years by people and nature."


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"As we start the first day of September we are posting this stunning sunset view over #Askrigg, where you can just make out the Roman road rising out of #Bainbridge in the distance. Taken previously in early autumn"

📷 Wendy McDonnell

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Wish I could visit / travel to England / GB again, soon. There´s time but no money *sigh*

Meanwhile enjoying the beautiful images ...
 
bluemoon7 said:
Wish I could visit / travel to England / GB again, soon. There´s time but no money *sigh*

Meanwhile enjoying the beautiful images ...
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oh, you've reminded me I wanted to look at more photos of this place ...

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"In Germany, there are over one hundred especially valuable cultural landscapes which are protected as nature parks. They all preserve and develop something unique and aim to inspire and raise awareness. Lüneburg Heath Nature Park was one of the first nature parks to be established in Germany and today it is one of the largest and most famous of its kind. It stretches over more than 107,000 hectares and includes the largest contiguous heathlands in Central Europe. These are located in Lüneburg Heath Nature Reserve around Wilseder Berg, in the heart of the Nature Park. Wetlands, old forests, heathland streams and rivers, as well as dynamic villages with old farms and thatched houses are also components of this unique cultural landscape which are worth protecting and experiencing."
 
@yorkshire_dales

"The striking erratic boulders are endearing features of the Yorkshire Dales. The most famous being the Norber Boulders in Crummockdale ... Where these came from exactly is still debated by geologists."

📷 R Duckworth

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@yorkshire_dales

"Swaledale ... with the remains of Surrender smelt mine in the distance".

📷 Wendy McDonnell


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@sdnpa

South Downs National Park

"Sweet Chestnuts are believed to have been introduced to Britain by the Romans 2,000 years ago.The 450 year old Cowdray Colossus is one of the largest and oldest of its kind."

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