Day 3 - Haworth and the Bronte Parsonage

It was a much colder day today. We started off our day by heading to MacDonald’s for breakfast and everyone enjoyed it! From there, we headed to Tesco Extra for a quick shopping spree! All of us treasured the 45 minutes dearly, running to different sections to grab our items like fruits, potato chips and flavoured water. It felt like we were participating in an Amazing Race.

Having “stocked up” on our necessities, we proceeded with our journey to Haworth, the Bronte Parsonage. On our way, we realised that the journey to Haworth was gloomy and dull, a total contrast to the scenery at the Lake District. Upon reaching Haworth, we attended a workshop to understand more about the history of the Bronte sisters. We also visited the house of the Bronte sisters, and learnt that their living environment had a deep impact on their writing. Personally, we felt that it was very depressing to learn that the Bronte sisters were not leading a very privileged life, being women in a male-centric era and living with illness as a commonplace matter due to the very bad sanitary levels. Astra even mentioned that she felt sorry for the sisters as they had to wake up to face the graves every day.

After touring the museum, we trotted down the street of Haworth and stumbled upon an amazingly quaint candy shop, transporting us back to the 1940s and it was indeed an experience we were glad to have.

From Haworth, we moved to Stratford-upon-Avon and had dinner before checking into our Travelodge. As usual, we concluded our day by having a debrief with the teachers. During that, many of us were lamenting about the amount of homework given to us. However, we promised the teachers to complete all assignments before returning to school just like the others are supposed to do. We want to let the other teachers know that despite us coming to UK for our Literature trip, we are still be able to prioritise our time and complete the important tasks assigned to us without any extended deadline. It is NOT easy, we are very tired every night, but we will...


Reporters of Day 3 of UK Trip:

Clarissa Tan, Melissa Woon and Astra Poon