To the place of Vampires..
A slightly spooky theme to the page, as we are headed for the famous Yorkshire seaside town made famous by Bram Stoker in his Dracula novel, for here twas where Dracula was supposed to have landed ashore after arriving in his coffin from Romania.
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Details
Trip Date:
June 1997
Transport:
Ford Transit Minibus
Accommodation:
Two Tents
Duration:
Three Days
Cost of Trip Per Person:
£85
Video:
Sony TR-800 Hi8 Video Camera
Rating:
Good
Members Attending
Whitby Trivia
County
North Yorkshire
Population:
13500
Known For:
Fish, Vampires, Abbey.
Where is Whitby?
Day One: Friday
Well this year we were hoping that the weather would be nice to us again after the splendid time we had aboard the Miss Thelma on the River Thames last year. But no...When we set off on the Friday it wasn't too bad but come Saturday it was all change with rain and strong winds. Never mind. Well, the next morning duly arrived and the bailing out began. Chris decided that when he ascends into the firmament he will come back as a fish! It was certainly wet.
We found a campsite very near Whitby Abbey called Stupe Cross Farm. The Abbey looked very forbidding at night and provided a suitable backdrop for the holiday. After setting up of the tents we descended upon that little town to indulge in it's finest ale parlours. After we had our fill it was a short walk back to the tent passing that Abbey on the way, getting into our sleeping bags and waiting for the heavy rain to arrive and provide us with our very own in-tent swimming pool!
Day Two: Saturday
Down it was to the café for a hearty breakfast and a bracing walk along Whitby pier. The 50 mph wind was a lovely waking up tonic that's for sure. A typical British seaside day out really. It was at point Chris had to depart home as he was required to check in at domestic towers leaving the rest of us to wander around Whitby for a while.
The weather eventually cleared up and we made our way to a sea village further up the coast, to
Time of course soon passes and we all piled into the van, taking off for Robin Hood's Bay, another local picturesque location. It has to be said that with the dull weather it wasn't looking at it's best that day but it was all rather pleasant anyway. Certainly some shots of scenery we took were pleasing. Back to the tent for us, then and a quick brushing of the face and shampooing of the teeth and it's down to Whitby for the consumption of ale a plenty. it's odd how you pass a lot of people dressed as Dracula and nobody seems to bat an eyelid. No pun intended there!
Day Three: Sunday
Up nice and early the next day and no indoor swimming pool this time. Over to the usual Greasy Spoon for the Arrow Fry-up and over to the Steam Railway at It was a lot of fun here with steam engines galore. Naturally there were plenty of video opportunities to be gained here and the trains and scenery were used to good effect in the finished film.
The obligatory cream tea was much in evidence of course with John making a meal of the whole thing by getting cream all over himself and making a bit of a mess of things. In the order of time we'd had our fill of trains for the day and started homeward, stopping off on the way at Thornton-le-Dale, a pretty village on the edge of the moors for yet more eating escapades..
Sadly it was off home again and the end of the trip once more. Again none the wiser we were already planning next years outing, to St Ives in Cornwall including our first trip in an aeroplane..
