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EclecticMoth rated 40 hours ago- I had to pilfer this from Ian. His 'tour' of Whitby is delightful - below is an snippet from Irish writer Bram Stoker's "Dracula" written in 1897... I think he got the place quite well. MINA MURRAY'S JOURNAL 24 July. Whitby.--Lucy met me at the station, looking sweeter and lovelier than ever, and we drove up to the house at the Crescent in which they have rooms. This is a lovely place. The little river, the Esk, runs through a deep valley, which broadens out as it comes near the harbour. A great viaduct runs across, with high piers, through which the view seems somehow further away than it really is. The valley is beautifully green, and it is so steep that when you are on the high land on either side you look right across it, unless you are near enough to see down. The houses of the old town--the side away from us, are all red-roofed, and seem piled up one over the other anyhow, like the pictures we see of Nuremberg. Right over the town is the ruin of Whitby Abbey, which was sacked by the Danes, and which is the scene of part of "Marmion," where the girl was built up in the wall. It is a most noble ruin, of immense size, and full of beautiful and romantic bits. There is a legend that a white lady is seen in one of the windows. Between it and the town there is another church, the parish one, round which is a big graveyard, all full of tombstones. This is to my mind the nicest spot in Whitby, for it lies right over the town, and has a full view of the harbour and all up the bay to where the headland called Kettleness stretches out into the sea. It descends so steeply over the harbour that part of the bank has fallen away, and some of the graves have been destroyed. In one place part of the stonework of the graves stretches out over the sandy pathway far below. There are walks, with seats beside them, through the churchyard, and people go and sit there all day long looking at the beautiful view and enjoying the breeze.
- keryabott rated 4 weeks ago
- Hi! Nice work. Keep it up.
- CRISSANCA67 rated 8 weeks ago
- Beautiful photos !
- tochitsa rated 2 months ago
- Thank you Ian-Atkinson for your interesting and informative and lovely blog.. I am verry impressed
- docinthebiz rated 2 months ago
- I'd like to take the lid off too. If you get to it first, can you tell me what you find??? Best of luck with your novel. It sounds very interesting!
- stvalentine rated 2 months ago
- I love the pictures and content on this blog, Fantastic stumbles
- eliving rated 2 months ago
- thanks Ian
- Earthling1 rated 4 months ago
- This stumbler says that he "would like to take the lid off the universe and see what it is." As a native of the planet Offyd on an exploratory trip to Earth all I can say is that, at Earthlings' current pace of evolution, this is going to take millennia. Not only that, you wouldn't understand it when you did see it. May the force be with you....
- ketogah rated 6 months ago
- Phalaenopsis orchids A wonderful stumbler who posts some of his excellent photography which I enjoy a lot. I love orchids! He also is working on a book. He is multi-talented and his blog is a great pleasure.