The photo for this week’s prompt was taken as a golden sunset filled the sky above the Cow an Calf rocks at Ilkley where we held the Rooted in the Land workshop a couple of years ago. The moors above Ilkley, famous for the song that became Yorkshire’s ‘national anthem‘, are a place I have known and loved since my earliest days. I have wandered them with my great grandfather, my grandparents and my mother and, many years later, with my own sons. We sought out the stone circles and rock carvings, strange symbols and the legends… but the craggy face of Giant Rombald always looked on and the heather always blooms in memory.
If you have written a piece for this week’s challenge and it does not appear below, please leave a link in the comments and I will add it to the list. Pingbacks do not always get through.
There were an incredible number of poems and stories this week and I would like to thank everyone who took part. Please click on the links below to visit all the posts and leave a comment for the author! A new prompt will be published later today and I will reblog as many as I can through the week as they come in and all contributions will be featured in the round-up on Thursday.
Come and join in!
Alone
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Once upon a time
Watching golden mists rising
In my beginning
I saw my future ending
Buried deep in the heather
Walking on giants
Weeping for both joy and loss
Cherished solitude
With widening horizons
Vision became limitless
Home is where I stand
Wild winds playing on my face
Heather in my blood
Wandering the sacred lands
A spirit that never leaves
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Many thanks to this weeks contributors:
Emily Weatherburn at A writer’s beginning
Sisyphus at Of Glass and Paper
Kim from Writing in North Norfolk
Sandi from Flip Flops Every Day
Joelle LeGendre at Two on a Rant
Ritu Bhathal at But I Smile Anyway
Hayley R. Hardman at The Story Files
Balroop Singh at Emotional Shadows
Florence Thum from Meanings and Musings
Sue Vincent's Daily Echo 
This was a truly beautiful photo Sue!
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Thanks, Ritu. Once again, a place close to my heart.
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Some excellent entries this week!
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There really were, Jess!
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Such a beautiful picture. I can see why so many people took part. It’s so easy to be inspired with the photo 🙂 By the way, they are lovely entries. I’m on holiday with my 4 grandchildren, so my online time is very limited, they’re between 1 and 6 years old. I’ll try to get back into your challenge soon…
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Grandbabies come first…every time, Luccia 🙂
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I missed writing one yet again!
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Never mind, there is always next time 🙂
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Ill be going through ilkley on Sunday !!
This was my effort
https://afterwards.blog/2017/08/12/end-of-days-writephoto-challenge/
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I’ll add it to the round up. Ilkley is one of my very favourite places to wander the moors 🙂
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Reblogged this on The Militant Negro™.
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Thank you 🙂
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Beautiful poem, Sue.The image was clearly evocative of widening vision.
And I have some reading to do!
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There were some stunning entries this week…
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Reblogged this on Die Erste Eslarner Zeitung – Aus und über Eslarn, sowie die bayerisch-tschechische Region! and commented:
Have a look. All contributions are great than ever.
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Thank you for sharing, Michael 🙂
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Reblogged this on ladyleemanila and commented:
alone round-up 🙂
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Thanks for sharing, Lady Lee 🙂
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This was a super photograph, Sue and resulted in some lovely posts, including yours.
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Thanks, Robbie. It is the kind of place where magic happens every day 🙂
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