115 Friday 22nd - Sunday 24th April 2022 Haworth weekend

 Our  latest  weekend  away  saw  us  based  at  Haworth  YHA.  We  stopped  at  the  Village  Chippy  in  Stubbins  for  tea  and  got  some  drink  and  biscuits  from  the  Corner  Shop. We  got  to  the  hostel  around  8pm.



We  had  room  1  on  the  ground  floor  ( the  three windows  to  the  left  in  the  picture ) . After  a  shower  we  went  to  the  games  room  and  played  a  bit  of  pool  though  the  one  cue  we  had  to  share  left  a  lot  to  be  desired ! We  Watched  a  little  TV  in  the  lounge  then  went  to  bed.

We  had  breakfast  at  the  hostel  which  was  good.  The  warden  helpfully  printed  out  a  timetable  for  the  Worth  Valley  railway for  us. We  walked  down  to  Haworth  station  to  catch  the  train  to  Keighley.



We  had  a  closer  look  at  the  engine  when  we  got  to  Keighley.



We  switched over  to  the  mainline  station  for  the  train  to  Skipton.  We  headed  for  Skipton  Castle. The  video  we  shot  there  is  now  on  YouTube.


After  the  castle, we  had  lunch at  an  Italian  restaurant  nearby  which  was  good. We  then  went  to  a  record  shop  but  it  wasn't  much  cop. We  then  took  the  train  back  to  Keighley  and  looked  for  a  record  shop  there. We  found  it  and  Simon  purchased  a  12 inch of  Blue  Monday. 



We  had  a  bit  of  a  wait  for  the  next  train  to  Haworth  and  so  pottered  around  the  station. The  waiting  room  had  an  antique  ticket  machine.



We  watched  the  engine  detatch  and  move  to  the  front  of  the  train. 



It  didn't  have  to  use  the  turntable.



We  rode  the  train  back  to  Haworth  then  walked  back  up  to  the  hostel. We  played  pool  and  then  watched  Road  Trip  on  DVD. After  that  it  was  time  for  something  to  eat  so  I  drove  back  into  Haworth  where  there  was  a Chinese  takeaway. We  ate  our  food  ( pretty  average )  in  the  members' kitchen  where  we  befriended  a  mixed  race  family. Simon  made  friends  with  the  two  boys, one  of  whom  was  called  Stefan  and  they  had  a  few  games  of  pool  before  it  was  time  for  bed. I  surprised  a  girl  cleaning  her  teeth  in  the  bathroom   obviously  not  realising  it  was  shared  with  us. A  shame  she  wasn't  taking  a  shower  !

We  had  breakfast  again  at  the  hostel. We  chatted  to  a  nice  girl  who  worked  at  Hawkshead  Youth  Hostel  at  the  next  table. We  then  started  readying  for  our  departure. We  met  a  cute  black  cat  in  the  car  park  before  leaving. We  drove  down  to  a  church  in  Haworth  for  Mass. We  were  made  very  welcome and  the  home-made  cakes  after  the  service  were  terrific. I  was  quite  surprised  that  the  young  woman  from  the  choir  who  talked  to  us  had  never  heard  of  Kate  Bush.

After  that  we  started  driving  over  to  Barrowford  for  a  walk  along  the  Leeds-Liverpool  canal  but  the  road  was  closed  and  so  I opted  for  a  walk  up  to  Top  Withens  instead. We  parked  at  Penistone  Hill  Country  Park near  the  quarries.


We  passed  the  Bronte  Falls  as  unspectacular  as  ever.



We  then  went  across  the  Bronte  Bridge.


Simon  was  inspired  by  a  passing  runner  to  take  the  opposite  bank  as  a  sprint.  Now  Top  Withins  was  visible  ahead.


When  we  got  there  we  went  into  the  shelter  to  get  out  of  the  wind.


There's  still  a  sleeping  platform  in  there  but  with  a  gaping  hole  where  a  window  used  to  be  it's  hard  to  believe  anyone  spends  the  night  in  there.


The  views  were  magnificent  as  ever.


It  was  soon  time  to  move  on.


On  the  way  back  we  passed  the  advanced  ruins  of  Middle  Withins.



The  Pennine  Way  through  the  heather was  pretty  obvious.


We  eventually  left  the  Pennine  Way  and  followed  other  paths  back  to  the  car.  We  then  drove  home.









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