After York, Sally then headed back to London and Mark took kids up to Boggle Hole a small inlet just below Robin Hoods Bay (some legends say named as such because Robin kept a boat there for a quick escape ….)We loved this classic British seaside fishing town.
The youth hostel where they stayed is an old converted mill with loads of atmosphere. They went for a quick walk along the pebble coast found a seahorse fossil and were nearly cut off by the very rapidly rising tide !
They went up to Whitby home of Whitby Abbey, Dracula and Captain Cook. We visited the house where a 19 yr old James Cook lived for 6 yrs as an apprentice. We were able to go up into the attic room where he and the other apprentices lived and to look out the round window onto Whitby harbour much as he would have done.
We also visited the ruins of Whitby Abbey which sits perched on a windswept cliff top. It is impressive now as a ruin and would have been simply astounding in its day. Apart from its own history Whitby Abbey was also the location that Bram Stoker chose for Dracula to be peeled out of his coffin after his journey from Europe.
We also stopped in at Scarborough and sat next to WWII bunkers on the beach.
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