The issue with these guys I think is twofold:
1. Windfarms couldn't make upland moor any more artificial than it already is. Naturally, it's forest.
2. If we don't flip to renewables the moorland will be destroyed anyway.
So what am I missing?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
1. Windfarms couldn't make upland moor any more artificial than it already is. Naturally, it's forest.
2. If we don't flip to renewables the moorland will be destroyed anyway.
So what am I missing?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘It makes no sense’: the battle over plans for a windfarm by the Yorkshire Dales
The fight for Hope Moor is set to be repeated across the UK as the government aims to hit its renewable energy targets
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2026 at 10:21 AM
The issue with these guys I think is twofold:
1. Windfarms couldn't make upland moor any more artificial than it already is. Naturally, it's forest.
2. If we don't flip to renewables the moorland will be destroyed anyway.
So what am I missing?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
1. Windfarms couldn't make upland moor any more artificial than it already is. Naturally, it's forest.
2. If we don't flip to renewables the moorland will be destroyed anyway.
So what am I missing?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Morning walk today as I’m getting my hair cut at lunch (I will do some work today!) Proof that the sun does shine in Yorkshire sometimes.
February 17, 2026 at 9:54 AM
Morning walk today as I’m getting my hair cut at lunch (I will do some work today!) Proof that the sun does shine in Yorkshire sometimes.
Stunning @knightshayesNT which is a key setting for Josephine’s gothic, moorland story! Quiet, bookish Jo is no less a Fairfax when she needs to be & infamous murder suspect Lord Huntingly is just about to discover the same. The Proposition of the Season is on offer thru Feb🪶✨
February 17, 2026 at 9:16 AM
Stunning @knightshayesNT which is a key setting for Josephine’s gothic, moorland story! Quiet, bookish Jo is no less a Fairfax when she needs to be & infamous murder suspect Lord Huntingly is just about to discover the same. The Proposition of the Season is on offer thru Feb🪶✨
The landscape of the Moon of Gomrath no longer exists - they built a resevoir across the scene of the moorland chase.
so too the bit of formerly rural Bucks where the opening sequence of The Dark is Rising takes place - now M4, Jubilee river and Sainsburys
so too the bit of formerly rural Bucks where the opening sequence of The Dark is Rising takes place - now M4, Jubilee river and Sainsburys
February 17, 2026 at 9:00 AM
The landscape of the Moon of Gomrath no longer exists - they built a resevoir across the scene of the moorland chase.
so too the bit of formerly rural Bucks where the opening sequence of The Dark is Rising takes place - now M4, Jubilee river and Sainsburys
so too the bit of formerly rural Bucks where the opening sequence of The Dark is Rising takes place - now M4, Jubilee river and Sainsburys
The Cattle Grid sign warns of a metal grid over a pit designed to contain livestock. Common in rural or moorland areas and National Parks. On approach, slow down to avoid vehicle damage. Be alert for animals nearby and take care in the wet as the metal bars can be slippery.
#BonnieDrivingSchool
#BonnieDrivingSchool
February 17, 2026 at 8:59 AM
The Cattle Grid sign warns of a metal grid over a pit designed to contain livestock. Common in rural or moorland areas and National Parks. On approach, slow down to avoid vehicle damage. Be alert for animals nearby and take care in the wet as the metal bars can be slippery.
#BonnieDrivingSchool
#BonnieDrivingSchool
I try to love it (love me some moorland) but it always boils down to terrible people being terrible to one another. Maybe it’s time for a reread with another decade or so of life under my belt….
February 17, 2026 at 4:46 AM
I try to love it (love me some moorland) but it always boils down to terrible people being terrible to one another. Maybe it’s time for a reread with another decade or so of life under my belt….
Night. Old man of Storr (very distant) before snow closed in. Luckily back home despite Calmac.
February 17, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Night. Old man of Storr (very distant) before snow closed in. Luckily back home despite Calmac.
February 16, 2026 at 5:26 PM
It's always been Innistrad.
February 16, 2026 at 4:36 PM
It's always been Innistrad.
🐿️ Courtesy of the Yorkshire Dales Moorland Group.
It seems like the winter feeding of game birds by our keepers is helping some unexpected little friends. These pretty red squirrels were caught on camera taking advantage of the feeding station in this mornings snow.
It seems like the winter feeding of game birds by our keepers is helping some unexpected little friends. These pretty red squirrels were caught on camera taking advantage of the feeding station in this mornings snow.
February 16, 2026 at 4:15 PM
🐿️ Courtesy of the Yorkshire Dales Moorland Group.
It seems like the winter feeding of game birds by our keepers is helping some unexpected little friends. These pretty red squirrels were caught on camera taking advantage of the feeding station in this mornings snow.
It seems like the winter feeding of game birds by our keepers is helping some unexpected little friends. These pretty red squirrels were caught on camera taking advantage of the feeding station in this mornings snow.
Flood Warning for Salt Moor and North Moor including Moorland
Flood Warning for Salt Moor and North Moor including Moorland
Water levels in Saltmoor and Northmoor remain high today, Monday 16 February. The Northmoor Main Drain Remote is 4.27m and is falling. The level in Currymoor is stable and still high. Athelney spillway continues to run into Saltmoor and Northmoor. We are pumping at Northmoor and Saltmoor and have additional mobile pumps at both stations. Pumping at Currymoor has paused as a result of overnight rainfall and will resume when river levels allow. Showers, heavy at times, will persist through Monday (16/02/26) before clearing through this evening. Tuesday will be a largely dry day with a return to more unsettled conditions later in the week.
Catchments are saturated and rivers very responsive to rainfall. We are monitoring the situation and checking floodbanks and spillways. Remain aware of local water levels and weather conditions. This message will be updated by 1pm on 17/02/26 or as the situation changes.
www.floodmapper.co.uk
February 16, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Flood Warning for Salt Moor and North Moor including Moorland
The fabulous ruined farm at Bwlchystyllen - one of the few civilised spots on the moorland
February 16, 2026 at 11:39 AM
The fabulous ruined farm at Bwlchystyllen - one of the few civilised spots on the moorland
It's an interesting place. It was farmed and inhabited during the Bronze age. Now it's a mix of marsh, moorland, and birch woods.
February 16, 2026 at 8:42 AM
It's an interesting place. It was farmed and inhabited during the Bronze age. Now it's a mix of marsh, moorland, and birch woods.
Deer? I saw quite a few this weekend, up on the moorland trails.
February 16, 2026 at 8:27 AM
Deer? I saw quite a few this weekend, up on the moorland trails.
A walk in the beautiful moorland that inspired Wuthering Heights, then a well-earned pint of Landlord, there's nothing quite like it.
Step out from The Fleece on Haworth’s historic cobbled Main Street and head into the wild moorland.
timothytaylor.co.uk/pub-walks-bike-rides-rail-trail/moor-please
Step out from The Fleece on Haworth’s historic cobbled Main Street and head into the wild moorland.
timothytaylor.co.uk/pub-walks-bike-rides-rail-trail/moor-please
February 16, 2026 at 8:25 AM
A walk in the beautiful moorland that inspired Wuthering Heights, then a well-earned pint of Landlord, there's nothing quite like it.
Step out from The Fleece on Haworth’s historic cobbled Main Street and head into the wild moorland.
timothytaylor.co.uk/pub-walks-bike-rides-rail-trail/moor-please
Step out from The Fleece on Haworth’s historic cobbled Main Street and head into the wild moorland.
timothytaylor.co.uk/pub-walks-bike-rides-rail-trail/moor-please
'Objekte die mit "M" beginnen oder so aussehen... ' #FotoVorschlag
"Meditation oder Mosquito-Massaker? #Mikkeli macht's möglich"
"Meditation or Mosquito Massacre? Mikkeli Makes it Possible"
#Nature
#Photography
#Landscape
#Finland
#Lake
"Meditation oder Mosquito-Massaker? #Mikkeli macht's möglich"
"Meditation or Mosquito Massacre? Mikkeli Makes it Possible"
#Nature
#Photography
#Landscape
#Finland
#Lake
February 16, 2026 at 7:12 AM
'Objekte die mit "M" beginnen oder so aussehen... ' #FotoVorschlag
"Meditation oder Mosquito-Massaker? #Mikkeli macht's möglich"
"Meditation or Mosquito Massacre? Mikkeli Makes it Possible"
#Nature
#Photography
#Landscape
#Finland
#Lake
"Meditation oder Mosquito-Massaker? #Mikkeli macht's möglich"
"Meditation or Mosquito Massacre? Mikkeli Makes it Possible"
#Nature
#Photography
#Landscape
#Finland
#Lake
Morning, folks, and happy Monday! I hope you all have a good week, wherever it takes you...
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Photo: Swine's Back and Edale Rocks, February 2020
#MondayMotivation #PeakDistrict #Scape #LandscapePhotography #Photography #EastCoastKin #PeakDistrict #Hiking
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Photo: Swine's Back and Edale Rocks, February 2020
#MondayMotivation #PeakDistrict #Scape #LandscapePhotography #Photography #EastCoastKin #PeakDistrict #Hiking
February 16, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Morning, folks, and happy Monday! I hope you all have a good week, wherever it takes you...
😎👍
Photo: Swine's Back and Edale Rocks, February 2020
#MondayMotivation #PeakDistrict #Scape #LandscapePhotography #Photography #EastCoastKin #PeakDistrict #Hiking
😎👍
Photo: Swine's Back and Edale Rocks, February 2020
#MondayMotivation #PeakDistrict #Scape #LandscapePhotography #Photography #EastCoastKin #PeakDistrict #Hiking
February 16, 2026 at 1:49 AM
Top Withens farmhouse near Haworth in Yorkshire. It is believed to have inspired Emily Brontë when writing Wuthering Heights. I had a pee here about 18 years ago. I don’t generally believe in curses but things haven’t been great for me since.
February 15, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Top Withens farmhouse near Haworth in Yorkshire. It is believed to have inspired Emily Brontë when writing Wuthering Heights. I had a pee here about 18 years ago. I don’t generally believe in curses but things haven’t been great for me since.
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Locally the burning has been associated w destruction of peat bogs n the % influence that has on flooding in the valley calculated. As Mac was saying the natural state would be woodland. It's a hard equation to balance, moorland is the character of W. Yorks but grouse moors have consequences
Locally the burning has been associated w destruction of peat bogs n the % influence that has on flooding in the valley calculated. As Mac was saying the natural state would be woodland. It's a hard equation to balance, moorland is the character of W. Yorks but grouse moors have consequences
February 15, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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Locally the burning has been associated w destruction of peat bogs n the % influence that has on flooding in the valley calculated. As Mac was saying the natural state would be woodland. It's a hard equation to balance, moorland is the character of W. Yorks but grouse moors have consequences
Locally the burning has been associated w destruction of peat bogs n the % influence that has on flooding in the valley calculated. As Mac was saying the natural state would be woodland. It's a hard equation to balance, moorland is the character of W. Yorks but grouse moors have consequences
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Did you ever try to walk through unmanaged heather . . .
Might be hard to find some though, zoom in on any piece of moorland in the north of England on google maps an you'll probably see the burning patterns.
I know the burning isn't without problems but moorland is a managed environment.
Did you ever try to walk through unmanaged heather . . .
Might be hard to find some though, zoom in on any piece of moorland in the north of England on google maps an you'll probably see the burning patterns.
I know the burning isn't without problems but moorland is a managed environment.
February 15, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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Did you ever try to walk through unmanaged heather . . .
Might be hard to find some though, zoom in on any piece of moorland in the north of England on google maps an you'll probably see the burning patterns.
I know the burning isn't without problems but moorland is a managed environment.
Did you ever try to walk through unmanaged heather . . .
Might be hard to find some though, zoom in on any piece of moorland in the north of England on google maps an you'll probably see the burning patterns.
I know the burning isn't without problems but moorland is a managed environment.
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I think I was using naturally in the sense of it being in the nature of moorland to lack trees rather than it's nature being the product of a natural mechanism, although I might argue it the other way as well and remove the discontinuity between man and nature.
I think I was using naturally in the sense of it being in the nature of moorland to lack trees rather than it's nature being the product of a natural mechanism, although I might argue it the other way as well and remove the discontinuity between man and nature.
February 15, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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I think I was using naturally in the sense of it being in the nature of moorland to lack trees rather than it's nature being the product of a natural mechanism, although I might argue it the other way as well and remove the discontinuity between man and nature.
I think I was using naturally in the sense of it being in the nature of moorland to lack trees rather than it's nature being the product of a natural mechanism, although I might argue it the other way as well and remove the discontinuity between man and nature.
Well, not naturally.
Much moorland was forested after the last ice age but then cleared by by Neolithic farmers with fire and grazing.
This caused long-term changes that prevented full forest regeneration.
So, ironically, it looks wild because it is a managed landscape.
Much moorland was forested after the last ice age but then cleared by by Neolithic farmers with fire and grazing.
This caused long-term changes that prevented full forest regeneration.
So, ironically, it looks wild because it is a managed landscape.
February 15, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Well, not naturally.
Much moorland was forested after the last ice age but then cleared by by Neolithic farmers with fire and grazing.
This caused long-term changes that prevented full forest regeneration.
So, ironically, it looks wild because it is a managed landscape.
Much moorland was forested after the last ice age but then cleared by by Neolithic farmers with fire and grazing.
This caused long-term changes that prevented full forest regeneration.
So, ironically, it looks wild because it is a managed landscape.
...but there's no argument to retain grouse moorland. No ecological on.
February 15, 2026 at 6:15 PM
...but there's no argument to retain grouse moorland. No ecological on.
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It's a piece of moorland so naturally lacks trees . . .
Bleak and windswept are just adjectives used by writers to hype the place up and attract tourists . . .
It's a piece of moorland so naturally lacks trees . . .
Bleak and windswept are just adjectives used by writers to hype the place up and attract tourists . . .
February 15, 2026 at 5:13 PM
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It's a piece of moorland so naturally lacks trees . . .
Bleak and windswept are just adjectives used by writers to hype the place up and attract tourists . . .
It's a piece of moorland so naturally lacks trees . . .
Bleak and windswept are just adjectives used by writers to hype the place up and attract tourists . . .