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It was true that the shape of the terrain caused orographic cloud formation more days than not over the unhappy valley, but the dark grey morning when the perfidious Campbells murdered their hosts the Macdonalds - thirty-seven of them, including women and children - seemed to brood forever over the heather-clad hills.
They didn’t read Pitchfork or Stereogum or Gorilla vs. Bear or Hipster Runoff Josh Spilker 2010
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The steep path led down to heather-clad valley slopes and finally to a few pine trees and patches of grass.
They didn’t read Pitchfork or Stereogum or Gorilla vs. Bear or Hipster Runoff Josh Spilker 2010
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I had never been this way before and the paths were grassy and bouncy to run on, not that well worn and gave fabulous views of the sunny south side of the Pentlands – much more pastoral looking than the tussocky, heather-clad side I normally see.
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I had never been this way before and the paths were grassy and bouncy to run on, not that well worn and gave fabulous views of the sunny south side of the Pentlands – much more pastoral looking than the tussocky, heather-clad side I normally see.
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The queen's beloved estate in the Scottish Highlands, it encompasses 50,000 acres of heather-clad hills and woodland acquired by Queen Victoria in 1848.
A Royal Birthday 2006
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Archie leaned forward with bowed head as the sad melody floated on the air, and his thoughts went back to the heather-clad Scottish hills.
Madame Midas 2003
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It was true that the shape of the terrain caused orographic cloud formation more days than not over the unhappy valley, but the dark grey morning when the perfidious Campbells murdered their hosts the Macdonalds - thirty-seven of them, including women and children - seemed to brood forever over the heather-clad hills.
To The Hilt Francis, Dick, 1920- 1996
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The steep path led down to heather-clad valley slopes and finally to a few pine trees and patches of grass.
To The Hilt Francis, Dick, 1920- 1996
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No real roads led there, but the post still reached us by messenger, over the crags and the heather-clad slopes, a connection with the world outside.
Dragonfly in Amber Gabaldon, Diana 1992
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It was partly heather-clad and partly sloping meadow land.
Five Go To Billycock Hill Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1957
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