Up The Hill

Quiet bank holiday, joint effort to declutter the house then a walk up the hill at the end of the street. Kids enjoyed spotting various places, including Durham cathedral and Penshaw Monument. They also enjoyed having a peep at the old limestone quarry, me not so much - too many hazards to keep Anna safe from! Although it is Quite Interesting.

From t'internet: Pittington Hill is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in County Durham, England. It lies adjacent to the village of Pittington, some 6 km north-east of Durham city. A disused quarry occupies part of the site.

The hill slopes and former quarry support an extensive area of primary magnesian limestone grassland. Blue moor-grass, Sesleria albicans, a characteristic plant of such grassland, is present but not abundant in the primary grassland on the hill slopes, where herbs such as rock-rose, Helianthemum nummularium, are more common; blue moor-grass is more plentiful in the secondary grassland on the quarry floor and spoil heaps, where it is associated with species such as quaking grass, Briza media, salad burnet, Sanguisorba minor, and autumn gentian, Gentianella amarella.[1]