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

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

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Where I live used to be ponderosas and grassland, till about 400 years ago. I just wondered about the name.
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  The “forest” with regards to this place is actually the older meaning of the word, a “royal hunting ground”.
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    TY! Gotta learn something new every day.

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