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Welcome to www.natureoncam.co.uk |
Welcome to the updated and new look website, its aims and views remain the same which is 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 the guestbook. A new photo gallery program is being used, it should make the viewing of the photo's a lot easier and also of better quality. As we near the bird breeding season, the "live in the box" webcam will be online so that we can see the comings and going of the parents as they fetch and carry and feed their young. |
I call our local weather panel above, Bronte Country, as this is the area in West Yorkshire named after the Bronte family primarily Branwell and his 3 famous literary sisters Charlotte, Emily and Anne. From 1820 to 1861 the Brontė family lived at the Parsonage in the village of Haworth. The Parsonage is now the Brontė 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 Brontė), Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontė), and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Anne Brontė) 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. 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 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. |