Even before the aspen and willows leaf out in the spring you'll see honeysuckles' green haze in abandoned fields and across wooded hillsides. |
Villages of mud huts dot the hillsides and oases of green amid the barren wilderness provide sanctuary for its denizens. |
England's busiest mountain rescue team had a frantic weekend with members rushing up hillsides in soaring temperatures to tend casualties. |
Time and travelling feet have worn grooves into hillsides as much as 3m deep. |
They also say that urban sprawl on hillsides and in low-lying areas has been allowed to grow out of control. |
The plants were rare in the valley itself, although they were profuse on the hillsides. |