> > > > <http://www.cottysnaps.com/snaps/landscapes/images/pic41.html> > > > > yeah - don't know what the light was before but this light is > lovely to my eye. > what a stark place. >
Ann, it's chalk downland - the same stuff as the White Cliffs of Dover. It was once the bottom of an ocean, and the hills rise and swell like the ocean. The chalk, as you probably know, is the remains of trillions of little creatures that died over millions of years. The soil is very thin on top, and of course drains easily, so it can have the feeling of a desert when you're out in that landscape. But it's the same landscape in which you find places like Stonehenge and Avebury, where early Britons made their living. Excellent walking territory. Cotty has really done it justice with that photo. Bob
