Haworth & Keighley
The small Yorkshire village of Haworth has gained world-wide fame due to the famous literary family who lived at the Parsonage in the mid 19th century – the Brontes. Their former home is now a museum, focusing their lives and works, and the High Street is awash with cutesy, olde worlde shoppes that attempt to conjure a Victorian air. However to really see what made the famous sisters tick, get out among the wild, desolate moors that they loved so much.
2009 marks the 250th anniversary of Scottish poet Robert Burns' birth. Burns was a poet and a lyricist and is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland.
The Burns Supper was started a few years after his death by a group of his friends; they held the supper to honour and remember Burns. The tradition caught on and the ritual of Burns Supper is now held all around the world.
His life and work will be celebrated throughout the year at many Burns-related events.
