hi guys welcome back my name is Katie
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I am on the spectacular Moors of
Yorkshire so to celebrate Emily Bronte's
200th birthday I thought I would bring
you on a literary tour of Yorkshire so
we began our literary journey by
visiting a lovely traditional village of
Howarth in West Yorkshire the Bronte's
were born in Thornton just a few miles
down the road but lived and wrote most
of their novels at how was parsonage
which has now been turned into a museum
how it is a typical English village with
picture-perfect cafes and shops and at
the top of the steep Street paved with
cobblestones is the blackboard pub this
published famous would being visited by
Bramwell Bronte when he was alive and
unsurprisingly is said to be haunted it
even featured on TVs most haunted right
in the centre there is a store that was
built in 1832
where Charlotte bran well Emily and Anne
all taught in the centre of the village
there is sent Michael's an All Angels
Church this is where all the Bronte's
except Anne are buried along with their
servants and the howard sexton and close
friend of Brahmo Bronte John Brown and
his daughter Martha right next to the
church is the parsonage Museum which is
where the Bronte's lived
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the museum has lovely little gardens
where you can see tributes to Emily and
the parsonage can be seen right from the
church a certain moment I have pledges
tickets em from the city him to the
museum and she's really embarrassed so
I'm not gonna yeah we have our ticket
and we're heading up the museum probably
the most famous room in the museum is
the dining room because this is where
Jane Eyre and weathering Heights were
written this is the room the sisters
would sit and discuss their writing the
room has a real warmth and snugness
about it it just feels lived-in there
were the sisters belongings littered all
over the room the table in the center
has ink blots from when they used to
write and if you look really carefully
there's a small letter e carved into the
wood in the house is also mr. Bronte
study where he carried out his parish
business the piano he owned was mainly
played by Emily and Anne
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in 2017 visitors to the museum were
invited to recreate the lost money
script of watering Heights almost 10,000
visitors copied one line each and the
completed manuscript is now on display
to celebrate the bicentennial of Emily
Bronte's birth each different room in
the museum houses personal belongings of
the Bronte's their writing desks their
letters and drawings even some of their
clothing and their bonnets you get a
really good idea of what the sisters
were like and their personalities
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once we had finished exploring the
museum it was time for a walk we have
finished at the parsonage Museum and now
we've just come up onto the balls
we've changed into our trainers so it
mean business and see if we can find the
waterfalls and a place called top
woman's which is probably gonna come and
basically some ruin yeah yeah so we've
got lovely more right to our left and
try right we have farmlands so the
museum and church backs on to the
spectacular Yorkshire Moors the setting
of Emily's watering Heights
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we're a bit further up and because it's
so hot today and the sheep have decided
to hide all the way along there oh yeah
something about walking the Moors on a
hot summer's day instead of a misty
windy afternoon didn't feel quite right
but it did lead to some rather lovely
views we followed the path walked for
about two miles and then we came across
the Bronte chair this is apparently
where the Bronte's were said to sit and
tell stories to each other while playing
on the moors is become quite a touristy
spot and people like to sit on the chair
and have their photos taken so we
decided to make the most of this
opportunity
around the same area is the Bronte
bridge and the Bronte waterfalls around
this time of year it isn't quite as
spectacular but it makes for a fabulous
picnic spot so I have come up a bit
further up to see top with it and I am
at top with ends it's sort of an old
farmhouse but it's basically just ruins
now overlooking the Mars it is said to
be the inspiration for the setting of
weathering Heights so as you can see
here you have this spectacular view of
the Mars I've got to admit I've come on
the sunniest day on one of the sunniest
weeks of the year in England and I don't
think this quite captures the sort of
moody rainy
you know atmosphere that she was going
for in her book but nonetheless it is
absolutely beautiful it said that when
she wrote the moorland setting of
mothering Heights this is the sort of
view that she had in mind
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I hope you guys enjoyed the mystery tour
do make sure that if you're ever in
Yorkshire that you do check out these
wonderful location the views from the
Moors are spectacular the walk is lovely
we've actually done seven miles of
walking which isn't too bad I'll give
myself a pat on the back because it is
very hot I do actually have them at Mill
and collector's edition of Wuthering
Heights here with me so I think I'm just
gonna have a little sit down the nice
relaxed after myself and my walk and
have a well good read thanks for
watching guys see you next time
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