Chook n Boo Mum Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 At the end of April, we are going to Whitby for DH's camera club get-together..........now I hope at least one other camera widow will be there, though cannot be sure until nearer the date . I shall be at a loose end with DD whilst the "boys" tootle round snapping & flashing to their hearts' content . Assuming I am not needed for taxi duties, can anyone recommend things for me to do with my smallest child......we are both crafty minded, animal mad....... Thank you as always Sha x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falkor Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 As in Whitby, Norfolk? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chook n Boo Mum Posted March 5, 2010 Author Share Posted March 5, 2010 No, as in Whitby Yorkshire, famous for it's fish & chip shops .. or so I keep being told!!! I didn't know there was a Whitby in Norfolk Sha x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falkor Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 I would of come and met you for a cuppa if it had of been Whitby, Norfolk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chook n Boo Mum Posted March 5, 2010 Author Share Posted March 5, 2010 Perhaps we'll stop off for a cuppa on the way up or back, we'll almost pass your door Sha x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurpleTree Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 I've only been to Whitby once, and we had an enormous thunderstorm, so didn't really get to look around much. Hubby tells me it's a good walk upto the Abbey, but couldn't have done it with the pushchair - it's all steps. The beach looks nice, although we didn't get to it. Whitby's famous for it's links with Dracula too, just found out there's a Dracula museum there. Also just found out there's a Science museum there http://www.whitbywizard.com/ I have a feeling we may have parked in the car park next to it. Hope you have a nice time, and we did enjoy our fish and chips despite the rain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falkor Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 Perhaps we'll stop off for a cuppa on the way up or back, we'll almost pass your door Sha x Ooh your are more than welcome *Em starts planning cake baking** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAJ Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 For fish the place to go is 'The Whitby Catch' I buy all my fresh fish from them by post - their smoked fish is to die for. Tracy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmmaJC Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 Make sure you go to Robin Hood's Bay, it's just a few miles away. When I am old I shall buy a fishing boat and lobster pots and live in one of the fishermen's cottages thereforver and ever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 when we were in whitby we walked down to the beach but got the cliff lift back up. It's an amazing bit of victorian machinery, the kids will love it! We also went to Robin Hood's bay. An easy walk down but you can see why they have a metal hand rail on the pavement when you start to make your way back up! Not good unless you're reasonably fit. We also went to Goathland to see where Heartbeat is filmed. A gorgeous place with a lovely tea room. We also ate at the Magpie cafe and did a Dracula Exhibition and went up to the Abbey. You might be able to get a boat trip too and go for a mooch around the shops (you won't find any cheap jet though ) They also do ghost walks but we couldn't go on one cos it was too foggy in the evening, and we went in June! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 the goth festival is on in April, if the events coincide he'll have plenty to photograph! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 We went to Whitby but the weather wasn't brilliant, we walked down to the harbour and OH and kids went into the lighthouse. We caught a steam train from a really beautiful little village, so quaint with a little stream running through it. It takes you to a station that was originally used in one of the first Harry Potter films and from there its a short walk into Goathland as Poet has said which is used for filming Heartbeat. Its also not that far really if you go into York, we did a river cruise, Yorvick museum which was brilliant for kids, they have a ride you sit in and go through viking times in York. Lots to do there. Have fun, I'd love to go back to Yorkshire. ps just looked it up and you can catch the steam train in Whitby! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chook n Boo Mum Posted March 5, 2010 Author Share Posted March 5, 2010 One of the camera geeks is also a train geek so I think the steam train is on the boys' agenda Thanks so far, keep 'em coming! Sha x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 Definitely recommend the steam train from Whitby station to goathland. there is a lovely little fabric shop in Whitby - don't know where I found it by accident up a little back street, but it's a real Aladdin's cave - quilting fabric piled to the rafters in a tiny shop! If she likes crabbing, take a clothes peg with string tied to it and some bits of bacon and dip for crabs by the bridge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falkor Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 No, as in Whitby Yorkshire, famous for it's fish & chip shops .. or so I keep being told!!! I didn't know there was a Whitby in Norfolk Sha x There isn't a Whitby in Norfolk - just spoke to my Dad and he said I am getting confused with Wells Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurmurf Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 we go to Whitby all the time - the abbey is fab and the headsets have different stories to listen to (way to go EH!). Magpie Cafe is worth the queue (but a bit pricey, be prepared!) There is a stunning wool and knitting shop called Bobbins on the street going up towards the Abbey steps. The church on the cliff near the Abbey is made from an old sailing ship (so the OH tells me). The boat trips are great fun: there's a mock up of Capt. Cook's Endeavour, and the fishing trips are adored by small boys who'd like to hook a fish, or failing that another small boy. I'll think of some other stuff too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperwife Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 when are you planning to go to whitby? and is it a saturday? cos I only live an hour away I could meet you - if you fancied a cup of tea and a slice of something cakey I know Mrs Bothams is good for cakey stuff (you can buy a bag of cakey goodness) cathy x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurmurf Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 that's a good idea, Cathy, we could welcome a southern Omleteer to our neck of the woods! I'd be happy to take a trip to Whitby for an Omlet get together..... bet mostin will join in too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chook n Boo Mum Posted March 6, 2010 Author Share Posted March 6, 2010 I think we are coming up on Sunday & leaving Wednesday, somewhere around the 21st, so if that fits in with anyone, I'd love to meet everyone too All the suggestions are being noted down so we can consider them with DD Sha x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 Whitby's really nice and there are plenty of craft shops too. Make sure you take a trip to Boyes-it's a north easterly department store chain and they sell lots of fabrics and wool and things. Definitely take a trip of the stem railway-well worth it although not exactly cheap-my Dad always pays! It's a stop on the North York Moors railway and really good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 Ooh, I love Whitby, haven't been for years though There's a whalebone arch on the western side (Whitby actually faces north so the piers are east and west, and were always pretty rickety ). I love the Boyes stores, they remind me of Grace Brothers somehow , you couldn't get me out of the one in Scarborough, they sell everything. St Mary's is up by the Abbey, it is really pretty inside as it is all compartments which were owned by different families. The North York Moors railway ends in Pickering, where there was a trout farm (Moorland trout farm). You buy a bag of their food (which is in pellet form) and throw it into the ponds as you walk around and the trout go mental!! You can also buy some prepared trout to cook. I had the option of buying some seriously huge jet necklaces in the 80's when they weren't at all fashionable, but it would've used all my pocket money for the summer holidays so I didn't buy any, all the little shops there (especially the ones on the east side) were full of jet then and it was £15 - £20 for a big necklace. Have a great time there, they have the best fish and chips in the world! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester_H Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 Magpie Cafe is worth the queue (but a bit pricey, be prepared!).. Yes - we ate there - was very good - don't recall it being pricey, but it was a while ago H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenNutter Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 I still have a nervous tic at the mere mention of Whitby. We had a fateful camping trip there once up on the headland between Whitby and Robin Hood Bay. We ended up getting nearly blown off the headland in a storm in which the tent collapsed in the middle of the night, leaving my husband trying to hold up the remnants while my son and I threw our belongings into bags in the pouring rain, thunder and lightning while my 8 year old (at the time)daughter ran around in circles shrieking "we are all going to die". We ended up soaking wet in the early hours of the morning in a greasy spoon cafe with several other refugees, before going back to the campsite to find our tent ripped and totally destroyed, it ended up in a skip at the tip outside Whitby. We then re-located to a lovely hotel for a night in Goathland where the following morning as I went out to the car, a dog appeared from nowhere, bit me on the leg and then cleared off! Determined not to be beaten after the hotel owners had patched me up, we re-re-located (children still traumatised) to a B & B in York, only to discover there had been some money transfer issues between closing one bank account and opening another, and we couldn't access any money - we were stuck in York with about four pence ha'penny to our names, and couldn't afford to do anything with the kids except watch the street entertainers. The kids still beat us up about the worst family holiday of their lives. Roll on our all inclusive to Turkey this year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 Oh dear ChickenNutter, no wonder you get a tic at the mention of Whitby Actually your cliff top thing happened to us too but in Beer in South Devon, same thing, people coming round tying down the caravans, tents etc. We all thought we were going to die and we've never been back to South Devon since (that was about 35 years ago! ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
