Walk, Ride and Discuss

The South Pennines Walk & Ride Festival 2013 is entering its final days with some Brontë-related events:

Saturday 21th September
Brontë Country Exploration
Start: 10:30 Finish: 17:30
Duration: 7 hours
Distance: 10 miles / 16 km
Grading: Medium
Explore the beautiful landscape made famous by the Brontë novels with ranger Peter Short.
Start/venue: Brontë Parsonage Museum, Haworth BD22 8DR

Sunday 22th September
Brontë Mountain Bike Challenge
Bookable event: Contact Andrew Wood 01535 640176
Start: 09:00
Duration: 6 hours
Distance: Routes vary - 11 miles, 21 miles, 26 miles
Grading: Medium
The Brontë Mountain Bike Challenge is ideal for both mountain bikers and X bikers. The three routes are named after the Brontë sisters as the routes travel through the very landscape that inspired their written works. All routes start at Oxenhope Recreation Ground and are well marked - feed stations are provided. The rides form part of the Ride for Ryder series of events across the country, which raises funds for us at Sue Ryder. The majority of proceeds from this ride go our local Sue Ryder Centre, Manorlands Hospice.

Previous events included:

Sunday 8th September
Luddenden Village
Start: 14:15 Finish: 16:30
Duration: 2 hours
Distance: 3 miles / 5 km
Grading: Medium
A walk round this charming old village looking at its history, Church, Inn, other old buildings, its involvement with the textile industry, Brontë connection, and much more.

Friday 20th September
Pennine Way through the South Pennines - Day Two - Brontë Country
Start: 09:00 Finish: 15:30
Duration: 6 hours
Distance: 13 miles / 22 km
Grading: Strenuous
Walk the length of the Pennine Way through the South Pennines in three separate days, using our excellent public transport network to make linear walks possible. Walk all three days or pick one or two. Day Two: Brontë Country from Hebden Bridge to Stanbury via Walshaw Dean and 'Wuthering Heights'. A steady climb up to Walshaw Dean is rewarded with great views across a bleak but beautiful landscape, and a chance to visit the now ruined building that is thought to be the setting for Wuthering Heights. Descending past Haworth to the village of Stanbury.

Meanwhile, far from Yorkshire, in the Mediterranean island of Mallorca, a talk about Wuthering Heights:

Converses Literàries a Formentor
Què feim amb les obres mestres?
Hotel Barceló Formentor

Saturday, 21 September
10.30 h Virgili, Orlando, els cims i el mestre de Margarida
Javier García Sánchez (La mort de Virgili, de Hermann Broch)
Olga Merino (El mestre i Margarida, de Mijaíl Bulgákov)
Fernando Schwartz (Cims borrascosos, d’Emily Brönte (sic))Antoni Vidal Ferrando (Orlando, de Virginia Woolf)