Although said to be among the most tender and threatened British habitats, in the northern uplands they are a common landscape feature.

And he said: " 'Eldin, you'll meet a man one evening in the northern uplands, and he'll save your life.

"David Hero, no less, who saved my life in the northern uplands!"

Today we call the northern uplands the continent of Terra Grande, and the southern lowlands have been flooded to form the Southern Ocean.

There are many possible cycle tours in Vietnam, ranging from very tough and challenging rides in the northern uplands, to more gentle meanders along the Mekong Delta.

The sea and the ways of the sea were never-ending mysteries to Conan, whose homeland was among the high hills of the northern uplands.

Tribesmen had sworn to the stories of a man-like beast which had dwelt there since time immemorial, adapted to the famine and bitter chill of the northern uplands.

The moorlands of the West Pennine Moors have largely escaped the extensive planting of conifers suffered in some other parts of the northern uplands.

The frequent and heavy rains which occurred during this period transported large amounts of material from northern uplands across the Purbeck and Weymouth areas.

Vast, mouldering structures of inexplicable ancient design dominated the northern uplands, arranged in patterns that could only be appreciated from high orbit.