MEMBERS of Haworth Home Guard have made great strides in support of a charity.

The West Riding 28th Battalion took part in a sponsored walk, from Haworth to Top Withens and back, wearing 1940s gear.

Group members, led by commanding officer ‘Major’ Gordon Hutchison, set off from the Old White Lion and marched out of the village past the Bronte Parsonage Museum.

They then broke ranks for the trek across the moors, with two Second World War Jeeps as support vehicles.

Proceeds from the eight-mile walk are going to the motor neurone disease charity, MND Scotland.

Gordon’s twin brother, Brian, who lives in Dundee, is seriously ill with the disease.

The money – totalling over £1,000 – will be donated via the Dundee Kilt Walk, a gruelling 26-mile trek which takes place in August.

Gordon and Home Guard colleagues Martin Hall and Gary Walker are tackling the challenge, wearing full uniform.

The route will take walkers from St Andrew’s, around the coast, across the Tay Bridge and on to Monifieth.

Gordon thanked all those who supported the Haworth walk.

On reaching Top Withens – the former farmhouse which was reputedly the inspiration for the setting of Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights – he opened a bottle of the ‘Major’s Reserve’ malt whisky to drink a toast, at his brother’s request.

“This is Brian’s ‘Scottish medicine’ which has helped him endure this terminal disease,” said Gordon.

“I would like to thank the Home Guardsmen – and Women Home Guard auxiliaries – for their sterling efforts on the walk.

“Brian is very proud of WR28 Haworth Home Guard for completing the sponsored walk in aid of MND Scotland, which has helped him and his family.”

Donations can still be made, via home-guard-Haworth.co.uk, the Haworth Home Guard Facebook page or at dundeekiltwalk2018.everydayhero.com/uk/gordon-1.