Weather bound in Whitby
We left Scarborough on Sunday afternoon after spending the morning exploring the castle's 3000 years of history.
It was a pleasant evening sail to Whitby passing the picturesque Robin's Hood Bay on the way. We needed to get to Whitby before some bad weather came in the next few days.
Full marks to Whitby Marina, the facilities are new and very good. This is the first marina we have been to that has a working laundry, so four loads of washing and drying have been done. There is nothing like clean sheets and towels to raise the spirits I find!
Whitby is a lovely little town with an old ruined abbey perched on the headland which inspired Bram Stoker's legendary tale of Dracula. There is also a church reached via 199 steps, which we did not attempt. Whitby is famous for its fish and chips because of the fishing that is done here, there is still a fish market on the quay. We had a lovely fish and chip, mushy peas, bread and butter lunch with a cup of tea included for next to nothing. We shared this with our friend Frank who came over to spend the day with us in Whitby via a 3 hour bus ride from his home town Leeds.
Whitby Jet is also a local speciality so there is a lot of jet jewellery sold here. Apparently it is fossilised monkey puzzle tree! It was made popular by Queen Victoria who wore a lot of jet black jewellery when she was mourning Albert.
We visited the Captain Cook Memorial Museum as Josh is particularly interested in his explorations. Cook spent his apprenticeship as a seaman here and continued links with the town as it seems he grew very fond of the place. As well as being a leading place to learn seamanship it had a shipbuilding industry as well and it remains today but on a much smaller scale.
As usual the Yorkshire welcome and sense of humour was all around.
We tried two local pubs, the Jolly Sailors on the quayside and an old pub by the Harbour, both of which served local Yorkshire ales, Theakstons and Samuel Smiths. Much enjoyed. I also found a pub with a dog friendly gin bar, more up my street. Note the good stabling sign above!
After two days weather bound in Whitby tomorrow we set off for Hartlepool so we will be leaving Yorkshire behind, so thank you Yorkshire for your warm and friendly welcome.
It was a pleasant evening sail to Whitby passing the picturesque Robin's Hood Bay on the way. We needed to get to Whitby before some bad weather came in the next few days.
Full marks to Whitby Marina, the facilities are new and very good. This is the first marina we have been to that has a working laundry, so four loads of washing and drying have been done. There is nothing like clean sheets and towels to raise the spirits I find!
Whitby is a lovely little town with an old ruined abbey perched on the headland which inspired Bram Stoker's legendary tale of Dracula. There is also a church reached via 199 steps, which we did not attempt. Whitby is famous for its fish and chips because of the fishing that is done here, there is still a fish market on the quay. We had a lovely fish and chip, mushy peas, bread and butter lunch with a cup of tea included for next to nothing. We shared this with our friend Frank who came over to spend the day with us in Whitby via a 3 hour bus ride from his home town Leeds.
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| Frank in Arguments Yard |
Whitby Jet is also a local speciality so there is a lot of jet jewellery sold here. Apparently it is fossilised monkey puzzle tree! It was made popular by Queen Victoria who wore a lot of jet black jewellery when she was mourning Albert.
We visited the Captain Cook Memorial Museum as Josh is particularly interested in his explorations. Cook spent his apprenticeship as a seaman here and continued links with the town as it seems he grew very fond of the place. As well as being a leading place to learn seamanship it had a shipbuilding industry as well and it remains today but on a much smaller scale.
As usual the Yorkshire welcome and sense of humour was all around.
We tried two local pubs, the Jolly Sailors on the quayside and an old pub by the Harbour, both of which served local Yorkshire ales, Theakstons and Samuel Smiths. Much enjoyed. I also found a pub with a dog friendly gin bar, more up my street. Note the good stabling sign above!
After two days weather bound in Whitby tomorrow we set off for Hartlepool so we will be leaving Yorkshire behind, so thank you Yorkshire for your warm and friendly welcome.
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