Head to the hills in August for…

Purple hills Heather comes into bloom in August and the sight of it rolling away, carpeting the peaks in purple, is one not to be missed. Head to: Kinder Scout Free hill snacks Tiny sweet-sour bilberries, or blaeberries in Scots, are ripening, hidden in the ground cover. Hunt them out and snaffle them up*. Look in: any heathy ground Unusual night music Ever heard a nightjar? Its eerie trill rings out across moor and woodland at dawn and dusk. Head to: south-west Scotland Popping gorse Gorse seed pods explode with a crack as the summer sun dries them out, firing the seeds as far as 10m away. Find it: all over the Lake District * BUT BEWARE THE SOFT BROWN ONES IF RABBITS ARE NEARBY...…

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Trail United Kingdom (Digital) - 1 Issue, August 2016

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