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A Captain Cook Adventure for the young Kiwi...
Rosebury Topping |
Site of Captain Cook's early childhood home in Great Ayton, North Yorkshire, England.
A Neolithic Mound on the North Yorkshire Moors, en-route Great Ayton - Whitby. |
The North Yorkshire coastline (25 miles from Great Ayton).
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Whitby, a coastal harbour town - where the teenage Captain Cook first learnt to sail.
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The harbour inlet at Whitby.
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Looking north to Whitby. These days a busy tourist town.
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... which wouldn't be complete without some Morris dancers.
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Across the harbour (South of the township) lies Whitby Abbey.
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Majestic atop the grand Yorkshire coastline.
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The massive Whitby Abbey. In ruins after Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monastries (1540).
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Maintained by English Heritage.
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A massive spire at Whitby Abbey.
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Close-up view of a spire at Whitby Abbey.
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Side on.
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Centuries of erosion.
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Ruined arches at Whitby Abbey.
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Architectural sculpture at the Whitby Abbey museum.
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A Scotsman. |
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