The 
Yorkshire Dales is an area of high ground in North and West 
Yorkshire, 
UK. The dales themselves are 'U' and 'V' shaped valleys cut in flat 
limestone pavement. The characteristic scenery is green upland pastures separated by 
dry-stone walls[?] and grazed by 
sheep and 
cattle. Above the the 
moors are covered with 
heather[?] and famed for 
grouse shooting in the months following 
August 12 each year (the 'Glorious Twelfth').
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