Picture postcard

A hardy soul braves the North Sea at Whitby in the spring sunshine. With its connections to Captain Cook and Dracula, the town has always been more than just another fishing community. Its narrow cobbled streets and bustling harbour, which are overlooked one one side by the striking Gothic ruins of Whitby Abbey and on the other by the famous whalebone arch, have long been a magnet for tourists who now come all year round to see the place where Bram Stoker found inspiration for the ultimate vampire novel.