This continuing series of posts depicts our beautiful world, encouraging people to share them and maybe even help save our unique home planet from human carelessness and indifference.

Today’s photo was taken in the Yorkshire Dales National Park and shows a landscape not far from the charming market town of Hawes. The drystone walls that delineate the fields can date back some 600 years, when they were constructed to keep wolves from the sheep, though the most reliable dates for many relate to the Enclosure Acts that place those recorded from the early 18th century.

The linear group of trees in the foreground run beside Gayle Beck. The hills in this area are often dotted with mature trees, and many of the farmhouses are sheltered from the winds by large trees.

The hilly area is much crisscrossed by footpaths and there are those who claim that the Yorkshire Dales provide the finest walking country in Europe. As a former resident of the area, I couldn’t possibly comment on that claim, but I can understand why the view might be held.

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