Maybe the weather was the cause, the land represented a bleak landscape at times.
Then it changed, becoming quite beautiful regardless of the weather.
You can almost feel the wind driving the long grass in the foreground.
It's quite amazing how the landscape is used in different manners of the centuries too. These hills would have been hives of activity once upon a time. Roman Forts and look out towers, castles and all sorts of strategic reasons for building up high.
Nowadays they only serve a purpose or two with regards to sheep farming or quarries and the quarries appear to be closing down in these regions.
I was half expecting Kate Bush to come prancing across the ridge, looking for 'Heatcliffe'
Nothing, lasts for ever.