A place to breathe

Actually I wrote this a couple of months ago... and now that November is shutting down the old year, I enjoyed reminding myself of one of the pleasures of September

Dartmoor remains one of my favourite wild places. Its changing moods bring dark clouds and rain, sunshine and bright freshness. 

The tors - the great granite outcrops - seem like symbols of permanence, withstanding all weathers and the scrambling feet and pitons of climbers of all levels of skill. They remain tolerant and uncomplaining. 

At this time of year the wild heather and the bright yellow gorse are in profusion on some slopes, lifting the spirits with their brave show. In the late afternoon the shadows added texture to the views across the moor and we could see down into the area to the south and as far as the ocean. 

We saw larks in the blue sky and a big buzzard circled, hovering on its broad, outstretched wings. Dartmoor is a place to breathe, a place to be thankful.

Reviews

[Cynthia]

I really love this peice! Your desciption is so real, it brought me into the place you wrote about! I love to read your writing, it just sounds like bringing us to travel without going away from our seat! Very amazing and beautiful! The photo is really nice,and beautiful! Your lovely words have written a great story!

[EmpressPoetess]

Very descriptive, you painted a fine picture for all to see, with words.

[KAREN]

I could feel myself there as I read this! You described this place with deep feeeling!

[Cheryl J. Turner]

I simply adore this piece! I spent most of my childhood exploring Dartmoor, thank you for refreshing my memory.

[Norma M Sutton]

Lovely. And the photo is breathtaking.

[Sweet_pale_cacophony]

Yes there is so much around us to be thankful for ..:)

[Annie]

This is really beautiful! So brief and sincere. It is a tribute to the land. The wording "of climbers of all levels of skill" is a little awkward. Really great piece!

[Marie Harrison]

Very refreshing write. A place where the reader can find rest and inspiration in life to be thankful for. Your writing supplied a mental image of nature's tranquility that we can all travel to in our mind's eye when needing an oasis to find inner peace. Lovely writing.

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it's an amazing landscape because it's so wild! I actually feel a little unnerved when going through it..always reminds me of American Werewolf in London..LOL..your descriptions are perfect. :)

[Geralyn Miller]

How lovely to discover it has not changed, swo many places have; and not for the better. "Civilization" can be a dire and pernicious thing. I throughly enjoyed this story.