The Wonders of Whitby
This is a very quick post for the letter ‘W’ for Alphabe-Thursday. Life is very hectic at the moment but I didn’t want to miss the opportunity of sharing this great W with you!
Whitby is in in the North of Yorkshire. It is famous for being the place where Bram Stocker got the inspiration for Dracula. It has a magnificent ruin ‘St Hilda’s Abbey’ that towers over the town. Around the 1790s the first whaling ships set off returning to make Whitby a major centre for the industry.
Nowadays, it is a magnet for tourists, both from abroad and the UK. You can still see the harbour with a small fleet of fishing boats as well as pleasure crafts taking trippers up the mouth of the river Esk. This is a good reminder of the history that saw the ship HMS Endevour which took Captain Cook to Australia and New Zealand being buit in the town in 1764.
Enjoy a slideshow of some of the great sights you could see on a visit to this jewel in Yorkshire’s crown.
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Pop over to Jenny’s blog to see some more ‘W’s!
Dark romance and mystery abound in this setting.
What a fabulous place. I would really like to see this someday…in the daytime on an extremely sunny day…with a garlic necklace (hey, a girl has to be prepared, right?)
What a wonderful link this week!
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Whitby is a great place (if somewhat busy!). I don’t remember ever seeing the carving of the whale. Which cliff is it on please?
Ahh the lovely town of Whitby. Thanks for sharing!
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Julia–nice slide show. I want to go to England in the worst way.
Whitby really is wonderful! What a great idea for a “W” post!!
I’m ready!! After this horrible snakebite week, I’ve had enough of the desert! I want a place that is cool and GREEN!!!
Jewel is right! This looks like a perfect place to visit. Somewhere else to add to my list!
Whitby is such a lovely place! Cool slideshow!
It has a dark romance about it. Beautiful in the sunshine but probably even more dramatic in the winter.
love the slidshow! how cool is that???
Oh! This is such a cute and charming little harbor town! I can see why tourists are attracted to this place 🙂
I think it is one of those ‘always busy’ places!
Bram Stoker got the idea for Dracula where you are and imagined him here, in Transylvania, where I am. Your post reminds me what a small world we live in! =>
Wow! How great is that! Thank you so much for commenting. Make the world even smaller!
thank you so, so much….I needed a trip like this!…and no jet lag!
I never thought about saving on the fuel costs & jet lag!!
It’s a beautiful place! The ruins could certainly inspire any number of scary stories!
They have that feeling even in the sunlight!
Isn’t is nice that we have the internet! How else would we ever be able to see these beautiful sights. Thank you.
Kathy, you are so right. We can go anywhere in the world. Thank you for visiting here!
The arch reminds me of a wishbone! I love that you displayed the pictures in a slide show.
It does, doesn’t it. Mind it wasn’t much of a wish for the whale!!
I love Whitby! Whenever we get the chance we go for the day, any excuse! It wouldn’t be complete without a visit to the Magpie cafe for fish and chips though. 🙂
That has to be the highlight of a trip to a place like Whitby – fish & chips! Thank you for stopping by!
Great photos of a spectacular place! I can see how Bram was inspired. I took an English course in college called Gothic Fiction and we studied Dracula from cover to cover. It was a good book. xo
Glad to bring you some of his inspiration!