Whitby, North Yorkshire

2 September 2005 & 10 September 2006 & September 5th 2011 & June 2016

Whitby Abbey

Circular section looks suspiciously like a 'swastika' to me. And why not, the sign is ancient

Detailed silver belt end

Whitby Town

Harbour

Church on Hill

This coffer held the St Mary Church records and plate until a date in the 18th Century when robbers stole it from the Church and dashed it down the cliffs
in a successful effort to break the three locks. All that was found was the empty coffer. The records and church plate had vanished.

Shoreline

Whilst I was walking along the foreshore looking for fossils I noticed this "ship" wrecked about a quarter mile away ( a good half mile from the harbour southwards) so I went over to look.
To my surprise it was made of concrete. My guess is that it is of WW2 origin and was probably something for the D Day Landings. Being towed southwards from possibly Newcastle it broke free
and was wrecked. I did hear tell that loss of life was involved. I asked a lady in the Church by the Abbey but she had never heard of this wreck even though she had lived there all her life.

June 2016

Open Dawn till Dusk - Sorry We Are Closed!!