A very sad event

Martin has just emailed me to tell me about the Saddleworth Moor fire. He and I walked across much of this moor as we were heading up from Hollingworth to Greenfield: see the post ‘Company again’, published on May 13th. It’s tragic to think that much of that wonderfully natural environment has now been destroyed. It will re-establish itself eventually, but in another form, and then only after decades.

A photo that I took from within the now-burnt area shows what it was like as we were walking across it. A short video taken from the same point can be downloaded at:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/7x9c1ys2bdj40ih/WP_20180512_15_24_25_Pro.mp4?dl=0

The red area shows the extent of the fire. The photo of the area prior to the fire was taken from the yellow point, looking south. Image credit: BBC, Google

The now-burnt moor

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