Thursday 17th May…

Resting on our Laurels and not on our Feet

The day after the day after the end of the walk! Today we were accompanied by our friends Margaret & John Docherty and spent the day sight-seeing in Whitby. This pretty historic port was voted in the top ten most popular seaside resorts in 2006.
Famous for inspiring Bram Stoker’s Dracula and the place from where Captain James Cook set said to explore eastern Australia. Which magazine says, “It has everything you could possibly want such as a postcard-perfect harbour and a quayside with chip shops, candyfloss and games arcades.”

At the Whitby Museum situated in a beautiful park overlooking the harbour, there is amazing collection of local fossils, and relics of the Scoresbys, famous whalers as well as relics of Whitby jet workers.

The Captain Cook Museum in the resort is where James Cook came to serve his seaman’s apprenticeship before taking off in his epic voyages of discovery. The Quaker ship owner, John Walker lodged his apprentices in the attic when not at sea serving the London coal trade. Our coast-to-coast walk took us near where Captain Cook was born in Great Ayton, in the Guisborough moor area.

Also in the Whitby Museum is Sir Joseph Banks legacy. As a young botanist, he sailed with Cook on the Endeavour. Later in life, Banks advised King George III and directed activities at Kew Gardens, making it a world centre for plant development.

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