Gritstone boulders and heather moorland, this is the Forest of Bowland

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There’s not been trees here for 500+ years. The Forest of Bowland is mostly peat bog and heather moorland interspersed with gritstone formations.

Where I live used to be ponderosas and grassland, till about 400 years ago. I just wondered about the name.

The “forest” with regards to this place is actually the older meaning of the word, a “royal hunting ground”.