Nature of your Country

[♥ Lily ♥]

England

[♥ Lily ♥]

Exmoor National Park, North Devon, south-west England.

[♥ Lily ♥]

The Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) seen as far as Anglia in south-east England
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/26384405
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-Borealis.html
http://www.express.co.uk/news/nature...alis-in-the-UK

[♥ Lily ♥]

The Northern Lights over England
(seen as far south as Essex and Norfolk in Anglia)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...lightshow.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16685364

[Graham]

Nice Video of the Western isles of Scotland..

[Skjaldemjøden]

Some pictures I took in the past few weeks. The view from my back yard (I live in the country):

The towering building in the horizon is an old mill.

The grove and stream bordering my back yard:


A stroll in the real forest. It will look more cheerful in a couple of weeks:



The beach about twenty minutes away:


And finally, this amazing forest! The ground was completely covered with Ramsløg (Allium ursinum) spreading an intoxicating scent of garlic, and the white trees were beautifully crooked. It had a sort of magical ambience. I could have stayed there the whole day.




I walked through it a week ago when I went to get some pictures of a local ruin for TA (I got no thumb-ups though )

ruin

[♥ Lily ♥]

Horse-riding, caravan parks, hiking, snowboards, cable cars, cycling, camping, trail walking
+ loads more activities in the Peak District (the UK's first National Park)

https://www.peakdistrict.org/
http://www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/
http://www.visitpeakdistrict.com/
http://www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/visiting
http://www.peakdistrictonline.co.uk/









In 1951, the first National Park was declared as the Peak District


Hope Valley, Castleton, Peak District


Peak District at the Dark Peaks






Winnats Pass, Peak District


Bamford Edge overlooking the Ladybower Resevoir, Peak District


Snow over Edale Village, Peak District


Edale, Peak District


Dove Valley, Peak District

[♥ Lily ♥]

Moors Valley Country Park, (officially Moors Valley Country Park and Forest,)
is a Country Park situated in Ashley Heath, Dorset, ten miles north of Bournemouth,
on the border with Hampshire, in the south of England.

The park has adventure play equipment, a tree top walkway, a 'Go Ape!' high ropes course
a visitor centre and restaurant.
There is also a narrow gauge steam railway (the Moors Valley Railway), a golf course,
lakes, cycle hire,waymarked walks and cycle routes.
A ranger service provides a wide range of events and an educational programme.

http://www.visit-dorset.com/things-t...forest-p140153
http://www.forestry.gov.uk/forestry/...leycountrypark
http://www.moors-valley.co.uk/

The Moors Valley Railway is a 71⁄4 inch narrow gauge passenger railway,
in the Moors Valley Country Park at Ashley Heath, Dorset, England near Ringwood in Hampshire.

There are 17 steam engines and 2 diesel engines.
The railway is fully signalled, with two signal boxes,
one in a Great Western Railway style and one in a British Rail Southern Region style.

The latter box also contains a mini lever frame and push button panel, for the control of the Lakeside area.
The railway was constructed at its present location in 1985/86 and opened to the public in July 1986,
after the closure in 1985 of its predecessor at Tucktonia in nearby Christchurch, which had run since 1979.

There's also a mini childrens steam train encircling Poole Park in Dorset too,
which has mini golf, mini boats, mini cars, childrens science learning centre, swans,
and plenty more there.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moors_Valley_Railway

[♥ Lily ♥]

Moors Country Valley Park and Forest, Dorset, South-West England
(A place I loved visiting as a child, along with the New Forest)
http://goape.co.uk/days-out/moors-valley
http://www.dayoutwiththekids.co.uk/f...ntry_Park/1759

[Dzihadovic]

Nature of Inglin.