Blogs from Whitby, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 4

Since we last blogged, we made a last weekend dash to the traditional seaside town of Whitby with the Botterell's (Daniel's boss and extended family to friends we're staying with). We left it to the last weekend in the hope we’d get some good weather. We set off from Sutton on a beautiful mild, sunny Sunday and it stayed that way until we got just over the Moors when we discovered fog, and it was there to stay. So unfortunately we didn’t get any lovely sunny seaside scenes but seeing as Whitby is also the setting of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, the misty fog was appropriate and set the scene for a slightly mysterious and spooky day trip. We did however, manage to get in a nice feast of traditional British fish and chips, with mushy peas ... read more

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I continue eastward until I arrive at the coast near Whitby, home of Captain James Cook. South of Whitby on the coast lies Robin Hood’s Bay. This village was once a smuggler’s haven but its the village’s labrynth of tight, alleyways climbing the cliffside that make it really unique. To say it’s quaint would be an understatement. I rode through a squall for about 30 minutes before I found a pub in the village of Castleton that had rooms to let so I grabbed a room and dried off. A dinner of Yorkshire pudding stuffed with veggies and sausage along with a pint of local ale finished me off. ... read more