Rolling chalk hills rise over agricultural fields and pasture in North Dorset's Blackmore Vale, the area of the Stour Valley known to Thomas Hardy as

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Rolling chalk hills rise over agricultural fields and pasture in North Dorset's Blackmore Vale, the area of the Stour Valley known to Thomas Hardy as the "vale of the little dairies".

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Size: 4821px × 2712px
Location: Unnamed Road, Blandford Forum DT11, UK
Photo credit: © Joe Dunckley / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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