Of Whitby, Captain James Cook and Count Dracula

Whitby - Home to Captain James Cook and the trails of Count Dracula: Mention Whitby and "holiday resort and fish and chips" come to mind. To the unsuspecting modern day traveller, Whitby presents as a sleepy Victorian holiday resort and fishing town. But, Whitby has a long history as an industrial port and a shipbuilding town and is also home to a few famous residents. And, those with vivid imagination or a belief in the supernatural may see more when they look up the cliff at St. Mary's … [Read more...]