Tag: haworth
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Haworth Steampunk Weekend
A weekend of colourful characters and costumes in aid of Manorlands Hospice in nearby Oxenhope. The Northwind Tribal Dance Group
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Early morning in Haworth
I’d planned to shoot a sunrise straight down the lane from Penistone Hill to Balcony Farm for ages and, on Saturday morning, it looked like the sun would rise in just the right place, so that’s where I set up and waited for half an hour. The warm orange glow from the rising sun caught…
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Haworth at night
Just a quick wander around Haworth from around 8:30 – 9:30pm in early March. The church of St Michael and All Angels. If you look closely, you can see a Haunted Haworth tour taking place by the church door. You can see how the wind was blowing the trees about. The Brontë Parsonage Museum. Church…
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A snowy dawn walk to Top Withins
After much slipping and sliding, I arrived at Top Withins in the dark, about 40 minutes before sunrise. the sky was clear, there was snow on the ground and everything looked set for a spectacular sunrise. And, as so often happens up there, the mist descended… The site of Hays Laithe, a long-since demolished barn,…
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A walk from Oakworth to Haworth with a sprinkling of snow
The weather forecast was pretty bad so I took a half-day snow-day from work and came home at lunchtime. I headed straight across to Haworth and started snapping, although it wasn’t quite a fairytale winter wonderland like it was last March, The dusting of snow was beautiful. Murgatroyd Wood, between Oakworth and Haworth Ebor Mill…
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A New Year’s Eve walk from Oakworth to Haworth
Station Road, Oakworth A passing train at Oakworth Station Vale Mill, Oakworth Footpath through Murgatroyd Wood, alongside Bridgehouse Beck Ebor Mill, Haworth Main Street, Haworth Still a few Christmas items for sale A pretty unique Christmas display The Cabinet of Curiosities, formerly the Apothecary. Probably the best-known shop in Haworth. The recently refurbished Old Post…
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High Sunderland Hall – The Real Wuthering Heights?
High Sunderland Hall was a gothic mansion, dating back to the Middle Ages, which stood in a secluded location on the hills above Halifax and is believed to have been one of the buildings to have inspired the descriptions of the eponymous home of Heathcliff in Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights. Having visited Top Withens and…
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Dawn walk from Stanbury to Ponden Kirk
For a long time now, I’ve been wanting to get up to Ponden Kirk, a rocky outcrop protruding high up on Stanbury Moor with spectacular views down the Worth Valley, to get some photos of the sunrise. The forecast looked promising on Saturday so, at 4:00am, I drove the couple of miles and parked at…
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Riding the Legend – A Trip on the Flying Scotsman
As part of its centenary celebrations, the world famous locomotive, the Flying Scotsman, has been guest of honour at the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway for the entire month of May. Because we live just up the hill from Oakworth Station, it would have been rude not to take the opportunity to take a ride…
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