Whitby Docks

Whitby - Old world charm along the coast

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February 24th 2008
We had a nice "lay in" on Sunday morning we got to sleep in till 9:30, but then we were off to spend the day in Whitby. Its a famous fishing town. Its known for Whitby Abbey (http://www.whitbyabbey.co.uk/), making the boats that Captain Cook sailed the world with, the Scoresby's inventors of the crow's nest and for its Fish and Chips. the later we got to taste, the other two we got to see. On t ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more