Greening The Moors

How moorland ecologists prefer a wet flannel to a burned blancmange

It’s a glorious day on the High Peak, with a sweeping vista of the Ashop valley for the only people in the landscape, all three of whom were ignoring the view and peering at the ground instead.

Chris Wood and Jake Vink ignoring the view to look at tormentil in the Ashop valley

“Ah, at last,” said Chris Wood, picking up several small brown pieces of eviden…