The sky above the keep was a pale pearl-grey, the castle towers swirling in dawn vapours soon to be burned away by the rising sun. (...) The view from the battlements was a beautiful one, showed the sweep of dale and the distant silver of the Cover River. In May these hills would be carpeted with heather; in October, gold with bracken. Even in winter, there was a stark splendour to Wensleydale, but this was perhaps the loveliest time of the year, a soft green sea stretching as far as the eye could go. (...) (Richard) was gazing out over the dale as if seeking to commit it to memory, to fix in his mind the way shadow and sun chased across the slopes, filled the valley with light. -The #Yorkshire Dales and Middleham Castle in The Sunne in Splendour, book IV
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