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I was dreaming of gardens of primrose and moors covered with heather and cottages with honeysuckle over the door.
Hills, valleys, moors, and forests across the whole of the British Isles provided varying resources for local human communities.
The open moors and heaths were another source for other varieties of plants, especially berries, as well as providing areas for sheep and goat grazing.
Its landscape of mountains, rugged cliffs, lakes, moors, beaches and bays are ideal for a week's swimming, canoeing, boating, fishing and walking.
On the open moor, skylarks were in the nesting season; I saw several at close range, and heard them overhead almost without ceasing.
The heather on the moors was in full bloom and although there was an autumnal edge to the air the day was almost perfect.
Tonight again snow falls on the mountains and moors.
Also expect a varied landscape with gentle green hills in the south, and more rugged mountains and moors in the north.
Small streams are common on many moors and upper river catchment areas.
This is fabulous walking country, a land of far horizons and rare tranquillity with vast areas of rounded hills and heather moors.
What right have we to deny our children and grandchildren the right to enjoy the hills, dales and moors as we have done?
Summer ended and the moors were soon covered with snow.
Judges said his farm was in a beautiful location, with an impressive mix of open moor, meadows and other pasture.
More than 300 hectares of moorland will be replanted to restore the moors to their natural beauty.
From last Sunday, parts of England introduced open access to the moors with some 80 per cent of the newly available land made up of rare heather moorland.
This wide extent of habitats includes upland moors, grassy or boggy open areas in forests and damp grasslands and traditionally managed hayfields particularly in river valleys.
I move the bees to the heather on the moors when it flowers in August.
Childhood trips to the east coast weren't complete unless my little brother and I caught a glimpse of the steam train across the heather moors.
The hamlet is home to about 30 people who take their drinking water from a spring high on the moors above the valley - a source used for centuries.
The moors are a huge open, treeless upland area covered in heather whose purple flowers can be seen from space when they bloom in late August.
In this event the expedition will haul up the boat on shore or moor it in a safe bay, and then trek to the nearest settlement or air-strip.
It submitted an application in September to build a floating pontoon, which would allow it to moor boats.
When conditions are good I like to make a day of it, mooring the boat in front of the lighthouse and climbing ashore with a picnic or even a barbecue between dives.
The group will meet Cromarty Firth Port Authority later this month to discuss options for mooring the vessel.
He sees a market for Americans to moor their boats in Mexico year round as well as transient boaters.
There is enough space at the venue for 550 limousines, quay space to moor yachts and a heli-pad nearby.
New homes overlook the seafront, and there are hundreds of boats moored in the marina that is the envy of every other seaside resort in Britain.
Greece offers a number of popular destinations for mooring your yacht.
Some members have purchased their own boats and the club staff helps to wash, repair and look after the maintenance of all the boats moored at the marina.
Some huge liners towered over other smaller boats, and there were also a few Navy ships moored a bit further out.
Mr Foley said the accommodation complex had an added attraction for boat owners who would be able to moor their vessels close to home.
The first phase of the development, a 50-berth marina, will provide a safe and secure area for boat-owners to moor their vessels all year round.
Similar licences were granted to a number of individual owners to place moorings and to moor boats at various locations in the same general area.
There is also a place for sailing enthusiasts to moor their boats.
On the foredeck lies a large anchor with a coil of rope for mooring the boat.
The missing man had been a regular customer at the pub since he first moored his boat at Avoncliff a week before.
They said the new pier requires additional lighting to make it reasonably safe for them to moor their vessels.
If you have a boat, moor it securely or move it to a designated safe place.
The crew moors the boat and everyone goes ashore to a restaurant set up under palm trees with rough tables and benches.
The only sign of civilisation was an ancient taverna wedged on the rocks, and so we moored the boat and headed in for lunch.