
Whitby has many claims to fame. Captain Cook was born here (there was a small craft in the harbour offering 'The Captain Cook Experience'. What might that be? Scurvy? Death on the point of a spear?)...

...it was a major whaling port...

...and Dracula made landfall here, in Bram Stoker's
classic (I was rather disappointed, I thought the town would be swarming with goths, like flocks of starlings. Maybe it was too sunny, there is after all, few things funnier than a
sunburnt goth).

However, there is also a rather nice polar bear...

...a beautiful harbour...

...and a swing bridge...

...which swung.
Oh, and the
Magpie Cafe. Equally famous for its excellent fish & chips, and the LONG queue!