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29-03-2010, 23:29
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They call it ‘Bronte Country’ or bang on about the Railway Children (http://www.bfi.org.uk/whatson/node/15142?utm_source=sbfs6&utm_medium=internal&utm_campaign=sbfs) but, for all the wily windy moors and choo-choos, it’s the ubiquitous presence of Timothy Taylor which, for us, was the most obvious feature of Keighley and its surrounding towns and villages.

The Fleece in Haworth (http://teninchwheeler.blogspot.com/2010/02/1015-saturday-night.html) village was everything you could want from a pub: packed full of people of all ages, most of whom knew each other, but no less friendly for that. Another out of towner put it well: “Did you hear that sound from outside? A proper pub sound…”

They have a full range of Taylor’s beer, including Ram Tam, Dark Mild, Golden Best and, yes, a cracking pint of Landlord.

Amazingly, though, the beer was perhaps even better aboard a steam train on the Keighley and Worth Valley railway (http://www.kwvr.co.uk/events/beer/beerweekend.htm). Our perfect, almost pornographic pints had big marmalade flavours we hadn’t really been struck by before. The KWVR is the only mobile entry in the Good Beer Guide and thoroughly deserves it. We rode up and down a few times marvelling at the hard work and enterprise of the enthusiasts who had made this marvel possible.

Of course, it didn’t hurt that the barman had something of Bernard Cribbins (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Cribbins) about him.

We weren’t there long enough to visit everywhere recommended by Ten Inch Wheeler (http://teninchwheeler.blogspot.com/) who grew up in the area, but there’s always next time. Thanks for the advice, TIW!



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