Afternoon at Whitby Bay, North Yorkshire Coast

25th June 2006

June 25th we went to the city of Durham as you can see photos of in another album named Strolling around City of Durham in County Durham. After we left Durham, we drove SE to the Yorkshire Coast to the very old fishing village of Whitby Bay, for lunch. We had been wanting to try The Magpie Cafe for ages and decided this was as good a time as any. Whitby is about 1 1/2 hours from Durham so by the time we got there, got parked and got to The Magpie, we were starving! LOL We had fish n chips, very nice, but honestly not any better than our local chippy here in Mossley, that we LOVE! Expensive fish n chips but worth the experience, a very nice place to have a meal. They had some yummy sounding seafood pasta's I would love to go back and try.

Anyway, after we ate, we strolled around the water front watching the many boats and seagulls. It turned out to be a beautiful day and we had fun.

The ruins of Whitby Abbey is there and and also the old church of St Mary's, where it is thought that Bram Stoker was inspired, there in the graveyard, in the writing of Dracula.

Ended our day with an ice cream cone and then headed home to Mossley.

Descriptions below each photo. You can view each photo individually by just clicking Next OR you can click on first photo and then scroll down to the bottom to Slideshow, whichever you prefer. Enjoy. Whitby is a beautiful area!!! I love the sea!

NICE SAILBOAT	JANIE JUST ENJOYING THE VIEW	WHITBY BAY	LOOKING TOWARD THE SEA
KEN AT WHITBY BAY	WHITBY BAY	WHITBY BAY	WHITBY BAY
THE FAMOUS MAGPIE CAFE-ONE OF OUR UK CHEFS RECOMMENDS IT.	INSIDE LOOKING OUT AT THE MAGPIE CAFE	JANIE & KEN EATING AT THE MAGPIE CAFE	THIS PLAQUE WAS ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE MAGPIE CAFE
JANIE COMING OUT OF THE MAGPIE	WATCHING THE BOATS AT WHITBY BAY-COULD HAVE GONE ON A RIDE ON THIS ONE! LOL	JANIE & KEN	JANIE AT WHITBY BAY
LOVED THE BOATS	DARLING DOGGIE AT WHITBY BAY-TWAS A CHILLY AFTERNOON. LOL	LOVE THE SEAGULLS!	LOOKING TOWARD THE SEA
LOOKING BACK TOWARDS THE VILLAGE	BEAUTIFUL VIEWS	WHITEBY BAY, WHITBY ABBEY TO THE TOP LEFT & ST MARY'S CHURCH TO THE RIGHT	WHITBY BAY
WHITBY BAY