{"id":5931,"date":"2018-06-20T08:30:32","date_gmt":"2018-06-20T08:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/?p=5931"},"modified":"2018-06-20T08:56:49","modified_gmt":"2018-06-20T08:56:49","slug":"limestone-in-lake-district-yes-helsington-barrows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/20\/limestone-in-lake-district-yes-helsington-barrows\/","title":{"rendered":"Limestone in Lake District? Yes! \u2013 Helsington Barrows"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_5933\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5933\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/View-N-from-Helsington-Barrows-to-Lake-District.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-5933 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/View-N-from-Helsington-Barrows-to-Lake-District-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/View-N-from-Helsington-Barrows-to-Lake-District-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/View-N-from-Helsington-Barrows-to-Lake-District-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/View-N-from-Helsington-Barrows-to-Lake-District-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/View-N-from-Helsington-Barrows-to-Lake-District-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/View-N-from-Helsington-Barrows-to-Lake-District.jpg 1420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5933\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View North from Helsington Barrows to Lake District. The dry limestone scarp contrasts with the lush meadows of the Lune valley and the volcanic landscape in the distance.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5935\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5935\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DSCN7300-Common-Blue-on-limestone.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5935\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DSCN7300-Common-Blue-on-limestone-300x211.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DSCN7300-Common-Blue-on-limestone-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DSCN7300-Common-Blue-on-limestone-150x105.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DSCN7300-Common-Blue-on-limestone-768x540.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DSCN7300-Common-Blue-on-limestone-1024x720.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DSCN7300-Common-Blue-on-limestone.jpg 1785w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5935\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Common Blue and limestone-loving plants<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5937\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5937\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Small-Tortoiseshell-on-warm-dry-limestone.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5937\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Small-Tortoiseshell-on-warm-dry-limestone-300x215.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Small-Tortoiseshell-on-warm-dry-limestone-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Small-Tortoiseshell-on-warm-dry-limestone-150x108.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Small-Tortoiseshell-on-warm-dry-limestone-768x551.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Small-Tortoiseshell-on-warm-dry-limestone-1024x735.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Small-Tortoiseshell-on-warm-dry-limestone.jpg 1404w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5937\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Small Tortoiseshell on warm dry limestone<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5939\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5939\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Anthill-covered-in-grass-Tormentil-Thyme.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5939\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Anthill-covered-in-grass-Tormentil-Thyme-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Anthill-covered-in-grass-Tormentil-Thyme-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Anthill-covered-in-grass-Tormentil-Thyme-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Anthill-covered-in-grass-Tormentil-Thyme-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Anthill-covered-in-grass-Tormentil-Thyme-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Anthill-covered-in-grass-Tormentil-Thyme.jpg 1371w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5939\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anthill covered in grass, Tormentil, Thyme<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5941\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5941\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Whitebeam-on-limestone-cliff.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5941\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Whitebeam-on-limestone-cliff-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Whitebeam-on-limestone-cliff-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Whitebeam-on-limestone-cliff-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Whitebeam-on-limestone-cliff-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Whitebeam-on-limestone-cliff-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Whitebeam-on-limestone-cliff.jpg 1371w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5941\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Whitebeam on limestone scarp<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5944\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5944\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/The-limestone-scarp-of-Helsington-Barrows.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5944\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/The-limestone-scarp-of-Helsington-Barrows-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/The-limestone-scarp-of-Helsington-Barrows-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/The-limestone-scarp-of-Helsington-Barrows-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/The-limestone-scarp-of-Helsington-Barrows-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/The-limestone-scarp-of-Helsington-Barrows-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/The-limestone-scarp-of-Helsington-Barrows.jpg 1371w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5944\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The limestone scarp of Helsington Barrows<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5946\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5946\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Rock-Rose-and-Wild-Thyme.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5946\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Rock-Rose-and-Wild-Thyme-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Rock-Rose-and-Wild-Thyme-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Rock-Rose-and-Wild-Thyme-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Rock-Rose-and-Wild-Thyme-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Rock-Rose-and-Wild-Thyme-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Rock-Rose-and-Wild-Thyme.jpg 1371w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5946\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rock-Rose and Wild Thyme<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5948\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5948\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Wood-Sage-on-limestone.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5948\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Wood-Sage-on-limestone-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Wood-Sage-on-limestone-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Wood-Sage-on-limestone-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Wood-Sage-on-limestone-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Wood-Sage-on-limestone.jpg 1028w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5948\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wood Sage, elegant and rather special<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5951\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5951\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Dropwort-Filipendula-vulgaris.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5951\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Dropwort-Filipendula-vulgaris-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Dropwort-Filipendula-vulgaris-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Dropwort-Filipendula-vulgaris-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Dropwort-Filipendula-vulgaris-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Dropwort-Filipendula-vulgaris.jpg 1028w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5951\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dropwort, another tall and striking herb of limestone grassland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5955\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5955\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Betony-Betonica-officinalis.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-5955 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Betony-Betonica-officinalis-e1529484866714-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Betony-Betonica-officinalis-e1529484866714-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Betony-Betonica-officinalis-e1529484866714-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Betony-Betonica-officinalis-e1529484866714-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Betony-Betonica-officinalis-e1529484866714.jpg 1028w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5955\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Betony, once an important medicinal herb<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[90],"tags":[139,474,1287,1289,1278,1279,1077,137,831],"class_list":["post-5931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-natural-history","tag-anthills","tag-betony","tag-dropwort","tag-limestone-grassland","tag-rockrose","tag-thyme","tag-tormentil","tag-whitebeam","tag-wood-sage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5931"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5958,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5931\/revisions\/5958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}