Sheep grazing near Slaidburn, Lancashire
This is the valley of the River Hodder at Slaidburn in the Forest of Bowland in Lancashire. It is a sheep-farming area, and these sheep are clearly enjoying the succulent grass of the riverside meadows. The Forest of Bowland, so-called because it is a former hunting area, covers some 310 square miles mostly in the north of Lancashire with some overlap into North Yorkshire. Before the boundary changes in 1974 this part of the Forest was actually in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
Sheep grazing near Slaidburn, Lancashire
This is the valley of the River Hodder at Slaidburn in the Forest of Bowland in Lancashire. It is a sheep-farming area, and these sheep are clearly enjoying the succulent grass of the riverside meadows. The Forest of Bowland, so-called because it is a former hunting area, covers some 310 square miles mostly in the north of Lancashire with some overlap into North Yorkshire. Before the boundary changes in 1974 this part of the Forest was actually in the West Riding of Yorkshire.