16/07/10 - Brontë Parsonage

It was overcast and windy in Haworth, arguably the ideal weather for another look around the Brontës old home and its grim surroundings. 

There were only a few other visitors, so we were able to take as much time as we liked in the different rooms of the original parsonage and the exhibitions in the extension.

It struck me more forcibly than ever today that Patrick Brontë deserves far more credit than he often gets.  Born to poverty in Ireland but with a formidable intellect, he rose in the world almost entirely through his own efforts and was the first published writer in the family.