Today we woke to cool, cloudy but dry weather. The reports say it will get colder as we travel West, away from the warming influence of the Gulf Stream that keeps eastern Scotland (and western Norway) relatively temperate - or so I'm told. I thought of the North Sea as a very cold place so this geological explaination vexes me.
We are also in hilly terrain now. The peaks, as such, range up to about 900 meters, so this range is shorter than our Appalachians. It is also far less heavily vegitated here. The hills (here called moranes) are covered in heather, a plant that grows about two feet high, and there are few trees. One does not have the feel of being in a forest but rather like being in a vast hilly field.
The heather is burnt back and managed to encourage new growth, which is preferred by grouse. Shooting red grouse is the sport of (English) kings. These lands are royal hunting grounds.
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