The
Yorkshire Dales is an area of high ground in North and West
Yorkshire,
UK. The dales themselves are 'U' and 'V' shaped valleys cut in flat
limestone pavement. The characteristic scenery is green upland pastures separated by
dry-stone walls[?] and grazed by
sheep and
cattle. Above the the
moors are covered with
heather[?] and famed for
grouse shooting in the months following
August 12 each year (the 'Glorious Twelfth').