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lan Pinkney is a Yorkshireman English literature, the discovery of the ‘Brontë
who has been a Walk Leader with Country’ will be an exciting journey.
The Wayfarers for over eight years.
Here he describes why the new Brontë Trail The Brontë sisters described Yorkshire and
is a must for lovers of literature: Derbyshire so well in their novels, and the
landscape they evoked hasn’t changed very
‘As a Walk Leader I always enjoy meeting much in over a century. Many of the buildings
other travelers and hearing about their featured in their books remain standing, if
experiences of the world. It’s good to derelict, and there is an eerie sense of many of
introduce people to an area and help them their characters being with us as we walk across
discover new places, and I’m a firm believer the ancient rights of way and misty moors.
that when people visit a country they should
come away enriched with knowledge of its ‘I have designed this walk personally and, as
culture and history. a Yorkshireman and a Brontë fan, I am
delighted to be able to introduce this
The Brontë Trail Walk is a new departure for inspirational part of the country to The
The Wayfarers. For lovers of 19th-century Wayfarers.’
Haddon Hall
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ild, heather-clad moorland, ruined farmhous- Walk Highlights
es and the remote parsonage where the young Wuthering Heights,
Brontës’ creativity was nurtured make a stark,
Jane Eyre
striking backdrop to this Walk in one of Britain’s most Heather moorland
evocative literary landscapes.
Women Only Walk
In Yorkshire we explore Haworth village and the Brontë
July 26-July 31
Parsonage Museum, trek to Top Withens Farm (Wuthering
Heights), walk along the Pennine Way and learn more
about the Brontës’ lives at a pre-dinner talk by expert Ann
Dinsdale. • Arrival: Keighley Railway Station
White Lion, Holdsworth House,
Departure: Chesterfield Railway Station
In Derbyshire we enjoy spectacular views from Stanage
Riverside House
• June 14-19 , July 26 - 31
W
, September 6-11
Edge, passing several locations from Jane Eyre including
Moorland paths and tracks, valley
• 6 days , 5 nights
Northleaze House, before a guided tour of Haddon Hall
walking, modest hills, sweeping •
US$ 3,695 (US$ 420 Single Supplement)
(the BBC’s location for Thornfield Hall). views. 8-12 miles walking per day. W= Women Only Trip
E
xplore some of the UK’s most spectacular and
Walk Highlights
undiscovered countryside with Wayfarers co-
With Michael West &
founders Michael West and Christopher Hague. Christopher Hague
The Nine Glens of Antrim offer brown moorlands, carpets
Duluce Castle,
of wild flowers and mountain gorges. Further north are Glenarm Castle
long stretches of sandy beaches and The Giant’s Causeway
Nine Glens of Antrim,
- a remarkable formation of thousands of basalt columns
The Giant’s Causeway
stretching into the sea.
We pass Duluce Castle, clinging to the cliff top, and
Glenarm Castle, home to the Earls of Antrim. We hear
• Arrival: Belfast
Irish music and learn the secrets of Irish whiskey
Londonderry Arms, Bushmills Inn, Departure: Belfast
The Merchant
distilling.
• June 7-13, September 6-12
Terrain: Spectacular coastal paths,
• 7 days, 6 nights
We finish our week in Belfast, a vibrant city reveling in a
unspoiled moorland, some hills.
• US$ 3,795
new-found prosperity. 8-10 miles walking per day.
(US$ 450 Single Supplement)
For more details: www.thewayfarers.com or call us at: 1-800-249-4620 (U.S & Canada) 5
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