{"id":581,"date":"2014-11-19T23:04:53","date_gmt":"2014-11-20T07:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/musingsandmosaics.wordpress.com\/?p=581"},"modified":"2024-10-01T15:51:48","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T22:51:48","slug":"desolation-found","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musingsandmosaics.ca\/?p=581","title":{"rendered":"Desolation Found"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:20px\">I&#8217;m working on&nbsp;a travel article about a trip I took to England a few years ago. It brought back a wonderful&nbsp;memory of the North York moors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:20px\">When I was in Yorkshire I went in search of the remains of a strip of ancient road and it just&nbsp;happened&nbsp;to be in the middle of the moors. It turns out the road&nbsp;likely&nbsp;isn&#8217;t Roman but I&#8217;m so glad I went because the landscape was&nbsp;spectacular.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/musingsandmosaics.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/11\/north-york-moors-marker.jpg\" alt=\"North York Moors Marker\" class=\"wp-image-582\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:20px\">In&nbsp;late September the moorlands&nbsp;were desolate and purplish-red, coloured by dying heather. Swaledale sheep have the run of the place.&nbsp;We got stuck behind a bunch of them on&nbsp;the road and it was a while before they got over to let us pass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/musingsandmosaics.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/11\/north-york-moors-swale-dale-sheep-in-the-heather7.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/musingsandmosaics.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/11\/north-york-moors-swale-dale-sheep-in-the-heather7.jpg\" alt=\"North York Moors Swale Dale Sheep in the Heather7\" class=\"wp-image-583\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:20px\">The roads dip into little streams and we had to ford several. Going into Grosmont we came upon a stream that was 3 feet high and had to turn back and go around a different way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/musingsandmosaics.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/11\/north-york-moors-first-ford2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/musingsandmosaics.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/11\/north-york-moors-first-ford2.jpg\" alt=\"North York Moors First Ford2\" class=\"wp-image-584\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:20px\">We ended the day in Whitby on the coast,&nbsp;wandering around the ruins of Whitby Abbey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/musingsandmosaics.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/11\/whitby-abbey14.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/musingsandmosaics.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/11\/whitby-abbey14.jpg\" alt=\"Whitby Abbey14\" class=\"wp-image-587\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:20px\">Now here it is your moment of mosaic. A peacock mosaic from Leicester taken on the same trip.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/musingsandmosaics.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/11\/f84s6922-leicester-jewry-wall-museum-mosaic.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/musingsandmosaics.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/11\/f84s6922-leicester-jewry-wall-museum-mosaic.jpg\" alt=\"F84S6922 Leicester Jewry Wall museum mosaic\" class=\"wp-image-590\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m working on&nbsp;a travel article about a trip I took to England a few years ago. 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