This is one of the places we go really frequently for a dog walk, but rarely with the camera (you don't want to see the same place over and over I'm sure). But following a devastating fire in the valley during half term, we went today and took the camera with us. The fire was believed to have been started by a barbecue on Bank holiday Monday. We have lost count of the number of disposable barbecues we have picked up and brought home to dispose of in this valley in the past, in fact our last visit here, only just a couple of days before this fire we found a burnt out discarded one and brought it back, commenting on how lucky it was that it hadn't caused a fire with everything being so dry.................... It makes our blood boil how thoughtless and irresponsible people are.
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| As we drive down the dale, the scale of the fire is astonishing |
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| The side of Combe Heights laid bare. I hate to think how many ground nesting birds and small mammals were rearing their young on here (can you see The Spaniel?) |
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| Just a little way up Grains Gill we come across the scars from the BBQ we removed last time we were here. There are apparently a lot of irresponsible people out there (or someone has frequent BBQ's here). I do wish they would bugger off and burn their own homes down. |
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| However much damage they have done, they haven't managed to ruin a lovely spot |
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| As we get back to the car we spot this pile of burnt rubbish only a yard or two away. This is a really popular spot on bank holiday weekends (when the sun shines at least) and if we had a pound for every bottle and can (and BBQ) we have picked up and taken home to dispose of over the years then.................. We always pick up litter, wherever we are walking - Wombling as our friend Ann used to call it. |
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| I think this could be classed as Wombling in a War Zone. At least it would be a war zone if I got hold of the little blighters who did this. My only hope is that the person responsible was wearing this shoe when the fire started. If so, hopefully this is all that's left of him/her. |
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