This is the view that greeted us on Friday when we went over the moor for lunch. The landowners are already burning off the heather and the smoke was travelling down Danby Dale head along side the Blakey Ridge road. The whole moor was a mass of separate fires burning patches of heather down to the ground. The roots are undisturbed and new growth will follow next year. This is done to provide the land owners varying growths to feed the grouse that they shoot in season from 12th of August. It’s not something we enjoy seeing as it’s all for profit but it does keep the moor tidy and looking like a patchwork quilt in places!
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Amazing sight ! and a reminder of my childhood at home when the heather on the mountain was burnt - As children we would run around singing "Fire on the mountain , run, run, run !! fav
