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Welcome to natureoncam its aims and views are to
show and report on nature including wildlife, flora and
all other forms in the local area surrounding our home in
West Yorkshire.
Please have a look around and by all means comment via this link to the contact us page
Please have a look around and by all means comment via this link to the contact us page
On a more modern note we are also close to Ovenden Moor Wind
Farm built in 1993, it is 440m above sea level and has 23 turbines set
in a "V" formation to make best use of the prevailing south westerly
wind.
From tip to ground they are almost 49 metres in height and when there is enough wind, provide sufficient power for approximately 5,000 households.
Close to the wind farm is Ogden Water, a reservoir owned by Yorkshire Water, it is open to the public and has well maintained paths all around it, plus parking for a small fee.
Very popular with local residents for a stroll round the reservoir but also leads to more strenuous walks. details available from the yorkshire water website.
Not to be forgotten is the Causeway Foot Inn situated at the turning off the A629 to Ogden Water, a warm welcome to all including your dogs, plus an excellent choice of Real Ale and good food cooked by the landlady.
From tip to ground they are almost 49 metres in height and when there is enough wind, provide sufficient power for approximately 5,000 households.
Close to the wind farm is Ogden Water, a reservoir owned by Yorkshire Water, it is open to the public and has well maintained paths all around it, plus parking for a small fee.
Very popular with local residents for a stroll round the reservoir but also leads to more strenuous walks. details available from the yorkshire water website.
Not to be forgotten is the Causeway Foot Inn situated at the turning off the A629 to Ogden Water, a warm welcome to all including your dogs, plus an excellent choice of Real Ale and good food cooked by the landlady.
The local weather panel above, called Haworth relates
to the area in West Yorkshire where the Bronte family
primarily Branwell and his 3 famous literary sisters
Charlotte, Emily and Anne came to live.
From 1820 to 1861 the Brontë family lived at the Parsonage in the village of Haworth.
The Parsonage is now the Brontë Parsonage Museum, full of their personal possessions as well as a fascinating exhibition about their lives and work which includes literary classics such as Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë), Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë), and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Anne Brontë) all written while living in the area.
Unlike the limestone valleys of the Yorkshire Dales which begin further to the north, the geology in Bronte Country is predominantly of Millstone Grit, a dark sandstone which lends the crags and scenery here an air of bleakness and desolation. Small wonder then, that this landscape fuelled the imagination of the Bronte sisters in writing their classic novels.
From 1820 to 1861 the Brontë family lived at the Parsonage in the village of Haworth.
The Parsonage is now the Brontë Parsonage Museum, full of their personal possessions as well as a fascinating exhibition about their lives and work which includes literary classics such as Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë), Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë), and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Anne Brontë) all written while living in the area.
Unlike the limestone valleys of the Yorkshire Dales which begin further to the north, the geology in Bronte Country is predominantly of Millstone Grit, a dark sandstone which lends the crags and scenery here an air of bleakness and desolation. Small wonder then, that this landscape fuelled the imagination of the Bronte sisters in writing their classic novels.
© 2009-2012 Greg Laver