On the plains, there was nothing else to be seen: a vast, boundless expanse of scant grass under massive, low clouds, and no indication that a town might be near.

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"She'll spend some time in a grass paddock under the sun and the stars, " he said.

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" Indeed, Beethoven's letters are filled with declarations of the importance of nature in his life, such as one from 1810: "How delighted I will be to ramble for awhile through the bushes, woods, under trees, through grass, and around rocks.

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Firefighters in Cumbria have dealt with a spate of grass fires, despite some parts of the county still being under several feet of snow.

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