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The UK's recent heatwave created tinder-box dry conditions in much of the Yorkshire Dales and North Yorks Moors and visitor-access to some areas of moorland was restricted to prevent the risk of fire. This image is of SheepWash, a natural stream near the village of Osmotherly where centuries ago it was used to wash the sheep after they'd been shorn in spring. The image is a verdant reminder of how the gorse- and bracken-covered moorlands will look again when the rains come and the land recovers from draught conditions.