Until you come over the hill above Bakewell, there is no sign of it at all, but then, if you are lucky and the sun is out…and it is the right time of year… there is a dull streak of colour on the farthest horizon. It is at this point of my journey northwards that my face will break into the widest of smiles and my heart just sings. It takes another half an hour’s driving, with no lessening of that smile and an eager anticipation before the road climbs again and curves around a rock that towers above it… and then I am in heaven and heading for the first place to park.
It does not matter what has been on my mind, what worries or cares may have occupied my thoughts or what problems I may have to solve. It doesn’t matter how tired I am from the week or the drive, nor does it matter that I am supposed to be at my destination on time. A reply to my text about the heather elicits only an understanding ‘I take it you’ll be late then….‘ The only reason I wasn’t was that I had arrived with time to spare… time to find healing in the honey scented beauty of the heather for every possible ill.
Sue Vincent's Daily Echo 
How pretty! I can see how this sight is such a stress reliever!
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It is more than that… it really is magical 🙂
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This brought back memories of our (Peterborough) local woods where, for a short time each year, the floor would be carpeted in bluebells. Then there were the tulip fields in Lincs. I now need to go to our (Canada) East Coast when the lupines are flowering as they apparently grow wild and fill huge swathes of the earth with color. Who needs medications to lift one’s spirits when you have Mother Nature!
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I love seeing lupins growing wild, but I’ve only seen pictures of those in Canada Bluebells and heather, though… they have something very special.
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🙂
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That is so beautiful!!!!! Thank you for sharing this!!!!!
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For me, it is one of the most magical of all sights.
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I can understand that!!!
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🙂
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Truly, it takes my breath away! Not to mention reminding me of every book I’ve read about the region and the moors and the heather.
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There really is nothing quite like it, Marilyn. It takes my breath away every time…
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So well described I was there with you. This is very much how I feel when I pass through the mountains gap and view the village of allihies below.
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There are just places like that for the heart, aren’t there?
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Reblogged this on Die Erste Eslarner Zeitung – Aus und über Eslarn, sowie die bayerisch-tschechische Region!.
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Thanks, Michael 🙂
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Always with a great pleasure, Sue. Its really informative and enjoys a lot, visiting your site. Have a nice day/ evening. 😉 Michael
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Thank you so much, Michael…enjoy your evening also 🙂
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Thx
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Heather is a wonderful sight to find when hiking and located usually through the resonating hum of millions of bees enjoying the produce.. lovely images Sue.. xx
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The scent was as heavenly as the sight, Sally…and I am hoping it will still be in bloom when we head to Scotland too 🙂 xx
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Reblogged this on The Militant Negro™.
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Thank you for sharing 🙂
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Always my pleasure.
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It does look absolutely gorgeous 🙂
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Oh, it is 🙂
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Really beautiful. What a place to be able to get away into. I am jealous!
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It is incredibly lovely… and touches all the senses….
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Sounds wonderful… Must be hard tearing yourself away sometimes…
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It really is… but needs must…
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Mother Nature is a miracle worker.
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She surely is 🙂
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I simply cannot imagine the magnitude of this beauty. It may even eclipse the bluebell woods… Truly breath-taking!
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The blubells are intimate, beneath the shadows of the trees…. the heather paints whole hills, but comes so close to the heart…
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Thanks, Henrietta 🙂
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You are welcome!
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Glancing at your beautiful pictures my heart sings too. 🙂
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I can’t help it, the heather always gets to me 🙂
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Absolutely gorgeous Sue. ❤
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It is, Debby…just heavenly ❤
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Glorious purple heather
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Gorgeous, isn’t it? ❤
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Absolutely beautiful 💜
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Absolutely gorgeous, Sue! I have never seen so much heather, Around here, at best, we see only a few plants in someone’s garden.
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Magnificent, Sue. 🙂 — Suzanne
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Thanks, Suzanne.
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