Keld to Reeth via the Herriot Bridge

Heat finally broke today-down from the 80s and 90s back to the 70s. We started back at the halfway point, in Keld, and started climbing up smaller hills into the Yorkshire Dales. These dales are covered with heather, just beginning to think about blooming. They will be spectacular in August. We walked through the grouse hunting field, looking for grouse to photograph. I'm told grouse hunting is a big sport starting in August every year as beaters roam the hills to force the birds from the heather into sight of stone "forts" where hunters await. Seems a bit unfair. We hiked up and down the dales not as hard as the lake district hills but we joked that everytime we went down, we knew we would need to climb back up. We found a few grouse, including a family with little chicks following the parents. As we were careful to avoid disturbing them, I don't think the pictures will be much good.
Lunch was by Surrender bridge which does not have the name for any reason except that a Surrender mine was near by. We Americans know it from the start of the All Creatures Great and Small series with the guy who is now the Minister of Magic in Harry Potter (important literature). It was a great place to eat lunch. We walked on leaving the heather covered dales for the green hills of Yorkshire and unbelievably beautiful scenery. (I seem to use that phrase a lot.) We finished today in the town of Reeth were I decided I needed a Ginger ice cream cone for my efforts.