The weather this week up here in the Yorkshire Dales is wonderful. Sun, breeze, massive thunderstorm, all the things I like about our British climate. However the gills and streams are a little dry for this time of year!
We had lunch by a stream yesterday and were excited to find a British orchid. Today on a walk we found thousands which is nothing we’ve encountered before. I’m pretty sure we found three different species if not four. Difficult to tell apart without a guide which we didn’t have with us and the internet was left far behind.
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We have long loved Yorkshire, the North York Moors, The Dales and The North Pennines. All very different but lovely in their own ways.
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