Yorkshire holiday 2
The route to the east coast travels through part of the North York Moors National Park, one of the largest areas of heather moorland in the UK. It's a plateau, dissected by numerous dales, the largest of which is Eskdale.
We used to holiday on the east coast when I was a child, so I remember the journey. In those days it was exciting to see the three radomes of RAF Fylingdales, constructed in the early 1960s. They looked like huge golfballs (see HERE). About 1990, they were replaced by a pyramidal structure (below) - not nearly so exciting. It does the same job however: part of the Ballistic Missile Early Warning System, shared with the US, continually scanning the skies for impending ballistic missile attacks, tracking orbiting objects and keeping tabs on spy satellites. Its motto is 'Vigilamus' - 'We are watching'.
I love learning more about the moors.
ReplyDeleteLovely photos of the moors :)
ReplyDeleteI remember my Dad pointing out the Fylingdales site to me as a youngster when we drove past on our way to Scotland in the fifties. About that time Bulganin and Kruschov paid a state visit Britain. They asked a Scottish schoolboy if he knew where Russia was and he answered truthfully, "No".
ReplyDeleteBeautiful landscapes.
ReplyDeleteA wild interesting landscape except for 'Big Brother' watching everyone.
ReplyDeleteLovely landscapes, I"m use to seeing the pink heather here growing wild.
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