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Cool Burns and Warm Fictions

Ah, that warm, pungent smell of a recent so-called “cool burn”.
Now, I do not know whether these moorland burns truly reduce the fuel load and prevents catastrophic wildfires. I will heed the scientists and the fire brigade experts, but I am immediately sceptical of lobby groups pushing a single agenda.
Navigating the internet today i ...

http://www.fhithich.uk/2026/03/12/cool-burns-and-warm-fictions/

#InglebyMoor #NorthYorkMoors #GrouseMoorManagement

The Pike Stone: From Waste to Common Land

The Pike Stone marks the boundary between the common land of Westerdale and the “wasteland” of Baysdale Moor. At first glance there is little difference: both are heather moor, both are Open Access. Yet the distinction matters, and the Open Spaces Society is seeking to have Baysdale Moor r ...

http://www.fhithich.uk/2025/09/06/the-pike-stone-from-waste-to-common-land/

#Baysdale #InglebyMoor #NorthYorkMoors #Westerdale #AccessRights #history

Before the Ling: Bell Heather in Bloom

The moors will soon flush lilac with the bloom of Ling, but for now it is the Bell heather that holds court. Its deeper purple has lit the hills for weeks. This sweep across Ingleby Moor is the broadest I have seen. Bell heather usually prefers modest clumps, favouring dry ridges, crag tops, and path edges.

Bell ...

http://www.fhithich.uk/2025/06/25/before-the-ling-bell-heather-in-bloom/

#InglebyMoor #NorthYorkMoors #RoseberryTopping #flora

The Forgotten Incline of Ingleby Moor

I had heard the National Park was up to something on the old railway incline up Ingleby Moor, so I went to see what the fuss was about.

This is not the famous incline that once carried ironstone to Rosedale. It is one that runs roughly 350 metres to the south, leading to the Ingleby Mining Company ...

http://www.fhithich.uk/2025/05/09/the-forgotten-incline-of-ingleby-moor/

#InglebyMoor #NorthYorkMoors #history #IronstoneMining #Victorian

Ah, the joys of heather burning season

It's the delightful season of heather burning, and I found myself on Hasty Bank, the perfect vantage point to witness the breathtaking spectacle of over a dozen smoke columns gracefully dancing across a vast 180° panorama of the North York Moors, stretching from Gisborough Moor to the majestic Black Hambleton. In the photo above, these particular ...

http://www.fhithich.uk/?p=33367

#InglebyMoor #NorthYorkMoors #WhiteHill #GrouseMoorManagement

Quiz time: what is a scud?

If you'd have asked me a week or so ago, I would have said a Scud was a Soviet Union designed ballistic missiles used in the Iraq war.

I have since learnt that a scud is a glider, a low-level detached, irregular cloud, and an acronym that is too crude for me to repeat here, but something to do with dynamite.

This was all prompted by a reader ...

http://www.fhithich.uk/?p=30934

#inglebygreenhow #InglebyIncline #InglebyMoor #NorthYorkMoors #Scud #snow