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Links: local interest; green travel; recommended hostels, campsites & cabins; sustainable futures; our friends Exploring Hebden Bridge: sights, sounds, food & fun, plus notable local businesses... www.alternativetechnology.org.uk - Hebden's Alternative Technology Centre comprises a showroom, educational resource centre and Green Shop on the banks of the canal at Hebble End. www.amazonails.org.uk - Strawbale builders based just up the road in Todmorden; a social enterprise, they run courses and do cutting-edge strawbale designs. www. www.bookcase.co.uk - The oldest independent book shop in Hebden Bridge: maps, local knowledge and guidebooks as well as a great selection of fiction and non-fiction. www.greenisp.net - Web & email hosting from a local Green provider. We use them. Solar-powered offices, bicycle-powered techies, tree-planting projects and a very prompt, friendly service. www.hebdenbridge.co.uk - Hebden Bridge Web (HebWeb): for local news, views, listings and info. www.hebdenbridge.co.uk/tourist-info - The Hebden Bridge Visitor & Canal Centre. www.wix.com/hebdentheatre/hblt - Hebden Bridge Little Theatre has been producing plays for almost a hundred years. Situated on the canal bank, just past the Trades Club. www.hebdenbridge-picturehouse.co.uk - Hebden Bridge Picture House is our beloved, cosy, independent cinema... with real mugs of tea and organic hot chocolate, just like at Weirdigans Cafe. www.hebdenbridgetransitiontown.org.uk - Catch up with what's on and what the various transition groups are up to; find out what 'transition' means and how you can get involved. www.hbwalkersaction.org.uk
- A community organisation, Hebden Bridge Walkers' Action aims to share
info about walks and public transport in the area and to keep
footpaths/waymarks in good shape. www.hebdenbridgehistory.org.uk - Local History Society website; with suggestions for walks around Hebden and historical info from pre-historical to industrial. www.haworth-village.org.uk & www.bronte.org.uk - All about the Brontes (who were from Haworth, just up the road) with suggested walks in 'Bronte Country' - the South Pennine Moors above Hebden. www.LEDfantastic.com-
For low-energy lighting solutions.
Contact smileyd@LEDfantastic.com
for more info on workshops or for custom-built eco-lighting
installations. www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-hardcastlecrags/
- Hardcastle Crags: 400 acres
of woodland in a river valley,
criss-crossed by 30 miles of footpaths. Gibson
Mill, the
National Trust's flagship sustainable building (a renovated C19th
cotton mill) houses a
family-friendly visitor centre and cafe. www.nationaltrail.co.uk/PennineBridleway
- 120 miles of
walking/cycling/horse-riding trail, passing within a
mile of Hebden Bridge. www.penninewayassociation.co.uk
- A charitable organisation which helps to protect and promote the
Pennine Way and provides
useful info to would-be walkers of this, the
UK's first National Trail. www.pennineheritage.org.uk - Pennine Heritage is an environmental trust dedicated to maintaining the unique heritage of the South Pennines; the buildings, the landscape and the stories. www.poetsgraves.co.uk/plath.htm
- Poet Sylvia Plath is
buried in St.Thomas' Churchyard in the picturesque village of
Heptonstall, a steep climb uphill from Hebden Bridge. www.radiancelighting.co.uk - Hannah Nunn runs this gorgeous shop on Market Street. Exquisite light-shades, lamps and fairylights handmade by Hannah and fellow artists. Online gallery/shop too. www.rubyshoesdayhebdenbridge.co.uk - Independent funky designer shoe shop on Market Street (lit by Dave's state-of-the art LEDfantastic energy-efficient lighting). www.thetradesclub.com - The Trades Club is a long-standing Hebden tradition. The top venue for quality live music gigs, dance nights, cabaret and a bulging calendar of other diverse events. www.treesponsibility.com - A not-for-profit community group based in Hebden and involved in tree-planting and related activities. Tree-planting holidays and volunteer-days highly recommended! www.weirdigans.co.uk - Weirdigans is an organic festival cafe and... so much more. Greener Travel www.cycle-route.com - Share cycle routes and other info with fellow cyclists throughout the UK. www.freewheelers.co.uk -
Linking drivers and passengers to share the cost of
travel. Saves money and reduces pollution. www.seat61.com - How to travel long-distance without getting on a plane: fantastically detailed advice and information on train and boat travel around the world. Recommended UK & European Hostels / Campsites / Cabins www.independenthostelguide.co.uk - Produced by Independent Hostels UK; the annually-produced guide is a deep mine of information. An up-to-date and invaluable resource. HB Hostel is an IHUK member. www.hiddenrivercabins.co.uk - Hidden River Cabins; luxury log cabins - with hot tubs! - on an idyllic estate in Cumbria. Set beside a river with acres of ancient woodland to explore. www.hostelolomouc.com - 'Poet's Corner' Hostel in Olomouc, Czech Republic. Sustainable Futures, Campaigning, Green Issues www.gmfreeze.org
& www.gmwatch.org - Campaigning against Genetically Modified crops.
Monthly and weekly news
reports on GM issues around the world. www.indymedia.org.uk
- For a refreshingly different slant on news and events. www.planestupid.com -Fighting airport expansion and promoting alternative (greener) means of travel. www.radicalroutes.org.uk - Network of independent housing and workers co-operatives. www.transitiontowns.org- Transition Towns (or villages, cities, valleys...) are where motivated individuals come together to work out how best their community can respond to the challenges of climate change and post-oil futures. Practical, political, philosophical... and increasingly URGENT. Our
Friends: performers, musicians, events organisers,
restauranteurs & more... www.thefiremandave.com - The fantastically skilled Fireman Dave dances with fire, creates colourful and crazy Walkabout Characters and is an all-round brilliant, fun and unique performer (and very nice guy). For festival/party/street/theatre/anywhere performances and Educational Circus Workshops. www.crow-pie.co.uk - for in-depth info about traditional British food & drink; recipes, suppliers, history and more. www.madmonksmusic.co.uk -
The
Mad Monks are Pete & Andy. The music shop is in
Kendal and online. Loads of instruments, expertise, practise
space, lounging room. Guitar lessons by Paddy Wierdstring. www.thesanctuarythailand.com- The Sanctuary offers beachside and jungle accommodation, fantastic vegetarian and seafood dining in an open-air restaurant, spa and detox treatments, yoga, meditation and more. Set in a small, peaceful sandy cove on Koh Phan Gan, Thailand. Em Weirdigan used to work here! www.jungleyoga.net - Em's favourite yoga teacher travels the world teaching yoga and humour. www.classycaners.com/potent - Event & Party Organisation by Potent Productions: our extremely glamorous and professional friends Laleh and Robin do this very well indeed. www.ninthwaverestaurant.co.uk - A very classy, cosy little restaurant on the Isle of Mull, run by Canadian chef Carla and her fisherman husband Jonny. Food as fresh as it gets: local; mostly organic; herbs & veg grown in the kitchen garden; fish caught & eaten the same day. Fantastic hosts. www.suma.coop - Suma is a Workers' Co-op. Leading wholefood suppliers with a green ethos, based just down the road near Halifax. Suma supplies Weirdigans Cafe and Mama Weirdigan's Hostel. |