THE NORTH RIDING PROJECT

Let us ascend the steep slopes of the valley – on reaching the summit, the great moorlands, on which so many storms have beaten, and on which so many sunsets have glowed, lie in every direction, impressive in their elevation, their vegetation, and the manner in which they are intersected by deep, cultivated dales.  At once we are under the influence of those ampler spaces that we have lost sight of in the narrow ways of cities.  We renew a spirit of freedom born of the open sky, the pure air, and the uninhabited land.

Elgee/Moorlands, 1912