Holiday in Whitby?

[Venod]

Don't go. It's a dangerous place. You will die.

I have thought I had died on more than one occasion after visiting too many of Whitby's pubs .

 

[taximan]

You are so right!

I went to Whitby as a young man, in my 20s. I walked up the hill to take a look at its famous abbey and immediately started to sense a malevolent force acting upon me. Within minutes I was overpowered by fatigue and collapsed near a dry stone wall. I remained there motionless for hours, drifting in and out of consciousness. When I finally started to recover I discovered that I had aged nearly 40 years in just one afternoon. And evil locals had erected a sign to taunt me: "I am very old and crumbly"... The swines! Stay safe! Stay home!

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That what I usually look like after a session at my local

 

[rogerzilla]

The 21st century hasn't quite reached one gift shop there

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Whitby's a wonderful place, if we could, I'd happily live there
(employment allowing)

Two friends of mine (sisters) organise one of the Goth Weekend festivities/parties/concerts

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Only when the damned seagulls steal your chips.

 

[pawl]

Sensible advice from the RNLI who are probably sick of people doing stupid things and getting called out.

No watch out for vampires warning though (or seagulls eating your chips). Major omissions.

The last time I went to Whitby I took several sharpened wooden stakes A supply of garlic and a cross round my neck

 

[taximan]

I recall one evening some years ago I had a young couple in my taxi and as often happened in Whitby, the conversation got around to the Count (Dracula).I couldn't resist a wind up and casually mentioned that the hotel they were staying at was once the residence of 'Lucy' one of the Counts victims. Before too long I had the young lady believing that not only were they staying in the same house as Lucy, they were also occupying the same room. After that she refused to go into the building until I had taken them back to the restaurant where they begged some for Garlic. I have often wondered since if I spoiled someone's honeymoon.

 

[MartinQ]

I recall one evening some years ago I had a young couple in my taxi and as often happened in Whitby, the conversation got around to the Count (Dracula).I couldn't resist a wind up and casually mentioned that the hotel they were staying at was once the residence of 'Lucy' one of the Counts victims. Before too long I had the young lady believing that not only were they staying in the same house as Lucy, they were also occupying the same room. After that she refused to go into the building until I had taken them back to the restaurant where they begged some for Garlic. I have often wondered since if I spoiled someone's honeymoon.

Well that's one way to extend the journey and bump up the fare.