Out & About …

… on the North York Moors, or wherever I happen to be.

Tag: Calluna vulgaris

  • And so the Ling season begins

    And so the Ling season begins

    It’s that Ling season. Suddenly, in spite of the damp weather over the last week, the heather blooms have emerged, although they haven’t reached their fullest splendour just yet. Expect more photos of the purple haze to come in the month ahead. Heather, in a wholly natural habitat, gives off a modest display compared to…

  • Cook’s Crags overlooking Kildale

    Cook’s Crags overlooking Kildale

    Named as Ward Nab on the largest scale maps but known affectionately as Cook’s Crags by the climbing community. The ling is blooming nicely, here seen in a more natural setting than the vast swathes of moorland with which it is normally associated. The low lying shrub has been used through the ages as a…