John Page was born in the West Riding, a proud Yorkshireman and was taught to play cricket left-handed “ ’cos it flummoxes t’ bowler, and buggers up t’ field.” He went to university in London and Leeds, and enjoyed (most of the time) attempting to teach young people that there’s a big wide world beyond…
Tag: Walshaw Moor
Guest blog – Walshaw Turbine 8 by Nick MacKinnon
Nick MacKinnon is a freelance teacher of Maths, English and Medieval History, and lives above Haworth, in the last inhabited house before Top Withens = Wuthering Heights. In 1992 he founded the successful Campaign to Save Radio 4 Long Wave while in plaster following a rock-climbing accident on Skye. His poem ‘The metric system’ won…
Guest blog – Walshaw Turbine 25 by Kate Haslegrave
Kate is a photographer and has lived in Haworth for twenty years. Walking on the moors she has come to learn that no two days are ever the same. Her blog about Haworth & Stanbury moors is at www.katietuppence.com. This is her third blog in this series about Walshaw Turbines – see here for the…
Guest blog – Walshaw Turbine 21 by Nick MacKinnon
Nick MacKinnon is a freelance teacher of Maths, English and Medieval History, and lives above Haworth, in the last inhabited house before Top Withens = Wuthering Heights. In 1992 he founded the successful Campaign to Save Radio 4 Long Wave while in plaster following a rock-climbing accident on Skye. His poem ‘The metric system’ won…
Press release Walshaw Turbines Research Group – Legal challenge to massive windfarm proposal
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On 1 June 2025 the Walshaw Turbines Research Group (WTRG) sent a letter before action to Christian Egal, Project Director of Calderdale Energy Park. The letter can be read on the WTRG website here, and the paper giving the extensive evidence is available here. The work of the WTRG may be familiar to some in their long…
Protect peat from windfarms petition passes 10,000 signatures
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This petition – click here – has passed the 10,000 signature mark and now will get a response from government. Jenny Shepherd said “It is vital that the Government acts on our message about the importance of protected peatland throughout England. Their drive to speed up construction of big onshore wind farms is all about reaching…
Guest blog – Midhope track, a final resolution by Bob Berzins
Bob Berzins is a campaigner and activist. His previous guests blogs here all focus on the management, or mismanagement, of upland areas such as the Peak District, Walshaw Moor and the North York Moors. See also his novels Snared and The Last Crow. Of all the environmental damage found on grouse shooting moors, road building…
Guest blog – Walshaw Turbine 33 by John Page and Nick MacKinnon
John Page was born in the West Riding, a proud Yorkshireman and was taught to play cricket left-handed “ ’cos it flummoxes t’ bowler, and buggers up t’ field.” He went to university in London and Leeds, and enjoyed (most of the time) attempting to teach young people that there’s a big wide world beyond…
Guest blog – Walshaw Turbine 42 Calderdale Energy Park by Nick MacKinnon
Nick MacKinnon is a freelance teacher of Maths, English and Medieval History, and lives above Haworth, in the last inhabited house before Top Withens = Wuthering Heights. In 1992 he founded the successful Campaign to Save Radio 4 Long Wave while in plaster following a rock-climbing accident on Skye. His poem ‘The metric system’ won…
Guest blog – Walshaw Turbine 38 by Kate Haslegrave
Kate is a photographer and has lived in Haworth for the past 20 years. She has been walking up on the moors for the past 10 years or so and one thing she has come to learn is that no two days out on the moors are ever the same. She has been blogging…