On a Friday in Mid-April, we headed up North in England about an hour and a half away from Hull in car to a fishing town called Whitby. We went with some friends in our ward, Jay and Jemma. Probably the most recognizable icon of Whitby is the famous Abbey. It was in this small fishing town that Ben Stoker was inspired to write Dracula. After having visited the rather small town, we can see why. The Abbey is overlooking the North Sea and contains dozens of huge gravestones sticking out of the ground. Some graves date back hundreds of years and others have its writing washed away from the salt carried by the whipping wind from the North Sea.
Behind us is a good view of Whitby. We took this picture from up near the Abbey. It was about 100 steps to get up to the Abbey. Whitby is also famous because Captain Cook used to live there. He sailed from there before going exploring around the world. Captain Cook is said to have discovered New Zealand and Australia. He grew up in Whitby and was an expert at mapping the coastlines. There was a big ship in the Whitby Harbor that looked like one that Captain Cook could have sailed in.
No, this is not a Thomas Kinkade painting. This is a real photograph of a real cottage. Indeed, Thomas Kinkade might have got some of his inspiration from locations like this one. One of the stops up on our day out with Jay and Jemma was a small village with a few cottages like this one. There was a nice stream running in front of this cottage that made the setting even more special. We walked around a bit, stopped at a bakery, and bought a muffin that we enjoyed along the way.
Here is a picture of our friends Jay and Jemma. Jay is the Elder’s Quorum President in the Hull ward and Jemma is about 6 months pregnant. It was neat to go with them because, unlike a bus or a train, we could stop the car whenever we wanted and sightsee. We stopped in a small village with cottages and took a walk around a stream and park. We went to Whitby, of course, and we also stopped and saw the Moors (rolling hills with roaming sheep and often with fog), Robin Hood’s Bay (A tiny village a few miles from Whitby, England), and Falling Foss (a good size waterfall in a forest). We enjoyed the day with Jay and Jemma while we discovered some new parts of Northern England.
Here we are in front of some nice naturey scenery in a forest in Northern England. In front of us and out of the picture is the Falling Foss waterfall. The hike only took a few minutes from our car to get to this point. It was interesting to see and be in a forest in England. There were no sightings of Robin Hood that day, but he is said to have once roamed in forests similar to this one. Our day out with Jay and Jemma was packed with memories, pictures, and good old-fashioned fun!
On a Friday in Mid-April, we headed up North in England about an hour and a half away from Hull in car to a fishing town called Whitby. We went with some friends in our ward, Jay and Jemma. Probably the most recognizable icon of Whitby is the famous Abbey. It was in this small fishing town that Ben Stoker was inspired to write Dracula. After having visited the rather small town, we can see why. The Abbey is overlooking the North Sea and contains dozens of huge gravestones sticking out of the ground. Some graves date back hundreds of years and others have its writing washed away from the salt carried by the whipping wind from the North Sea. 
Behind us is a good view of Whitby. We took this picture from up near the Abbey. It was about 100 steps to get up to the Abbey. Whitby is also famous because Captain Cook used to live there. He sailed from there before going exploring around the world. Captain Cook is said to have discovered New Zealand and Australia. He grew up in Whitby and was an expert at mapping the coastlines. There was a big ship in the Whitby Harbor that looked like one that Captain Cook could have sailed in. 
No, this is not a Thomas Kinkade painting. This is a real photograph of a real cottage. Indeed, Thomas Kinkade might have got some of his inspiration from locations like this one. One of the stops up on our day out with Jay and Jemma was a small village with a few cottages like this one. There was a nice stream running in front of this cottage that made the setting even more special. We walked around a bit, stopped at a bakery, and bought a muffin that we enjoyed along the way. 
Here is a picture of our friends Jay and Jemma. Jay is the Elder’s Quorum President in the Hull ward and Jemma is about 6 months pregnant. It was neat to go with them because, unlike a bus or a train, we could stop the car whenever we wanted and sightsee. We stopped in a small village with cottages and took a walk around a stream and park. We went to Whitby, of course, and we also stopped and saw the Moors (rolling hills with roaming sheep and often with fog), Robin Hood’s Bay (A tiny village a few miles from Whitby, England), and Falling Foss (a good size waterfall in a forest). We enjoyed the day with Jay and Jemma while we discovered some new parts of Northern England.
Here we are in front of some nice naturey scenery in a forest in Northern England. In front of us and out of the picture is the Falling Foss waterfall. The hike only took a few minutes from our car to get to this point. It was interesting to see and be in a forest in England. There were no sightings of Robin Hood that day, but he is said to have once roamed in forests similar to this one. Our day out with Jay and Jemma was packed with memories, pictures, and good old-fashioned fun!
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That is great that you have made friends in England that you can go do things with...like Jay and Jemma.
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