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Tuesday, 9 August 2011

Rosebay view


This is the glorious view from in front of Dick Hudson's pub (see yesterday).  As you can imagine, it can get pretty windy up here, but the evening I went it was beautiful: warm, sunny, calm and clear.  Just the place for clearing one's head!  You can't pick it out on the photo but I could see the Emley Moor TV mast, which must be 20 miles away.  (Mind you, that is the tallest freestanding structure in the UK and will still be so when the Shard in London is finished next year, though that will be the tallest building.)  Funny how it almost looks like flat scenery.  In fact beyond the line of trees the land dips steeply down into the Aire valley and then eventually rises again to the hills in the far distance.

The purple flowers in the foreground are rosebay willowherb  or fireweed (epilobium augustifolium - don't you just love those Latin names?), which I think is rather a cheerful plant, though its parachute seeds spread easily and it's considered an invasive pest by gardeners.
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11 comments:

  1. Martin9 August 2011 at 08:25

    A glorious summer scene, perfectly composed.

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  2. diane b9 August 2011 at 13:18

    Its a pretty pest and a beautiful view.

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  3. Jack9 August 2011 at 22:54

    It is beautiful, Jenny. But, a trip to the pub is just what you need to clear your head? It doesn't work that way for most . . . (I know; you didn't go in.)

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  4. Lois9 August 2011 at 23:31

    Some of my favorite plants are considered invasive. That is a lovely view!

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  5. RedPat10 August 2011 at 02:30

    What a view from that pub. Gorgeous!

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  6. Francisca10 August 2011 at 18:44

    Now it LOOKS like the perfect place to have that ale!

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  7. EG CameraGirl10 August 2011 at 20:16

    The purple flowers looks so lovely under that sunny blue sky. We call this flower fireweed because it's among the first vegetation to grow after a fire. And it's the official flower of Canada's Yukon Territory.

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  8. jennyfreckles10 August 2011 at 22:10

    EG Wow - That's interesting, I didn't know that.

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  9. Pat11 August 2011 at 00:19

    Found you by way of EG Wow and Alphabe-Thursday.

    There is a special place in my wildflower heart for fireweed. When traveling through the Yukon and Alaska, we have discovered entire mountainsides covered in a glow of pink...just breathtaking!

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  10. Vicki Lane11 August 2011 at 02:47

    So gorgeous -- and the name rosebay willowherb is most romantic!

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  11. Lili16 August 2011 at 03:32

    Those purple spikes look very much like our lythrum here, also very invasive. ~Lili

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