Walk the steps of the Bronte sisters in the town of York

Geoff Power visits the North Yorkshire landscape that inspired the Bronte sisters and Bram Stoker, and visits the medieval town of York, a haven for anyone with a sweet tooth. 

The mist that exhaled slowly from the remote Upper Heights fanned across the gully that separated Stanbury and Howarth Moors.

We leaned into the wind as the path twisted uphill towards a distant blackened ruin. We had to pinch ourselves; it was early January and, incredibly, we were alone on this famous stretch of land.