Dracula's Whitby Walk.

And so, to bring us right up to date with the walking, last week we went on the Dracula's Whitby walk.

This is another four mile walk, six kilometers or so.

Starting at Whitby Abbey, this took us along the coastal path to a camp site, then cross country, back into Whitby from the top.

Not a particularly difficult walk, but enough to work up an appetite for fish 'n' chips afterwards!

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On our way to Whitby, we stopped off at the Hole Of Horcum, near Fylingdales. The story is, that a giant created the huge crater in the Moors, when he got so pissed off with his wife, grabbed a lump of land, and threw it at her!

He missed apparently, and created another Moors landmark, the name of which escapes me now.

On the coastal path from the Abbey.

It was quite a calm day at sea.

Bram Stoker wrote about Whitby;
"The houses of the old town are all red-roofed, and seem piled up one over the other anyhow,"

I used to love this bridge when I was a child. I remember the old dredger passing through it several times a day, cleaning the seabed.

View from the bridge.

View over the bay from St. Mary's Church graveyard.

St. Mary's Church clocktower.

Taken over the wall at dusk, the abbey is an iconic landmark for Goths.

Whitby at dusk.

I have to admit, I love Whitby. It just oozes gothic character, and it really isn't difficult to understand why Bram Stoker found so much inspiration in Whitby for his classic novel.