Five intrepid club members fought their way across the moors from Haworth on 19 August. They reached Brontë Falls and the bridge, and a little beyond before it rained but by the time they got to Top Withens it was raining fairly insistently. Commented Club Co-President, Andrée Freeman, “I don’t think I’ve ever been up there when it was NOT raining or windy!”
She added, “The weather might have been substandard but the heather was perfect, super colours and a beautiful honeyed scent everywhere. We could see a grouse shoot going on across the beck too, lots of beaters walking through the heather.”
All in all the group managed a good six mile hike with some fairly steep pulls, though coming back along the Pennine Way it was a little easier walking.
In fact it seems that the weather was ideal to set the Brontë mood and our gallant photographers show here some of the results of their labours. Click on an image to start a slide show at full frame.
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- Heather moors towards Top Withens by Alison Tetley
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- Old Farm by Alison Tetley
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- Reservoir by Alison Tetley
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- Stonework by Alison Tetley
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- Tree by Alison Tetley
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- Waterfall by Alison Tetley
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- Brontë Falls by Andrée Freeman
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- Haworth Moor by Andrée Freeman
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- Heather by Andrée Freeman
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- Looking up to Top Withens by Andrée Freeman
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- Sladen Beck by Andrée Freeman
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- Top Withens by Andrée Freeman
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- Brontë Bridge by David James
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- Brontë Falls by David James
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- Colours by David James
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- Derelict farmhouse by David James
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- Moorland, Heather and Rowan Tree by David James
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- Replacement clapper bridge by David James
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- Bent trees by John Chamberlain
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- Brontë Bridge by John Chamberlain
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- Brontë Falls by John Chamberlain
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- Hanging on by John Chamberlain
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- The Path to Top Withens by John Chamberlain
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- Top Withens by John Chamberlain
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- Wet steps and Top Withens by John Fontana
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- Moorland puddle by John Fontana
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- Post and stile by John Fontana
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- Post and wire by John Fontana
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- Top Withens by John Fontana
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- Wall pattern by John Fontana