We're currently in the North York Moors National Park, which is reputed to have the world's greatest expanse of heather. While some fellow walkers didn't care for the up and down of the moors, we found the walking easy and the scenery divine. A particular treat was seeing some of the heather in bloom. We can only imagine how beautiful it must be when the purple flowers blanket the moors later in the season.
As it was a weekend, day trippers populated the trails around Carlton Moor, where we caught our first views of the North Sea.
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| North Sea on the horizon |
The moors (Scarth Wood, Live, Carlton and Cringle) all have stone paths on the plateaus that keep the gait easy and encourage walkers to look as they walk (not at all the case on the ridges of the Lake District). We saw more people than we have in days, in part because of the accessibility of the park via numerous car parks and in greater part because of the near perfect weather. It's nice to see how much the English enjoy their parks
People and their canine companions were out in great numbers today (a Saturday). We are thoroughly impressed with how well behaved the dogs are here and agree it has something to do with how widely accepted dogs are in different venues (from parks to shops and restaurants). These English countryside dogs seem universally well socialized; and owners are trained to be very
responsible (we've seen posted fines for failing to clean up after one's dog fouling as high as 1,000 pounds (about $1,500 at today's conversion rate)). Our favorite dog today was 10-week old Montgomery (perhaps smaller than Abi).Once again there's a forecast for rain overnight and clear skies tomorrow. With only three hiking days remaining, we are feeling quite blessed weather-wise.
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| Path through the moor |
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