Whitby

Hey peoples,
Today we went on a day trip out to Whitby, the birthplace of Captain Cook. Its a cute seaside village with a really pretty abbey on the cliffs above it. The abbey ruins were spectacular and although we had to share them with bunches of school children it was still a really atmospheric spot (and not just cos it was raining!). The sky was really bright in our photos and looking at them now it just looks like someone has used an eraser to remove bits of the building!



Technically Whitby isn't actually the birthplace of Captain Cook but he did arrive there when he was just 18 and did most of his learning voyages out of Whitby. Every little village in the area has a Captain Cook museum or memorial. Not that we visited them all and in fact we didn't even visit the Cptn Cook museum in Whitby because it shut by the time we got there (too busy having afternoon tea!) That reminds me, we stopped in a ye olde worlde tea shoppe (from a time when there were more e's in the world[e]) and I had a hot chocolate which came out with cream and so many mini marshmallows in it that it was overflowing the cup!



On the way we also stopped at Kirkham Priory which continued our habit at turning up at places that are closed. We looked through the gate and it was really pretty. We stopped at Pickering Castle for a look around and had lunch in the ruined tower in the rain. We had umbrellas so only our feet got wet!



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Ps - click on any of the photos to be taken to the album to see more :)