yesterday i visited Draculas Castle
Mon Dec 18, 2006 11:50 pm
yesterday i ventured up the East Coast of England, from my home town of Kingston upon Hull, i visited the ruins of Whitby Abbey (built in 637 AD).
heres a few pics and a bit of info about Bram stokers DRACULA
It was into Whitby harbor that Bram Stoker sailed in 1890.
He had been working on a novel inspired by Hungarian adventurer Arminius Vambery who had told Stoker, eastern European tales of the blood-hungry living dead.
Stoker stayed at a small inn on the river. Every evening at dusk the local pigeons would sit on the window ledge and tap mindlessly at their reflections in the glass. Stoker incorporated this sound into his novel as Dracula tapping with long, sharp nails on windows, demanding entrance.
Whitby proved to be the perfect setting for Stoker to derive some of the more intriguing details for his book.
Stoker stayed at a small inn on the river. Every evening at dusk the local pigeons would sit on the window ledge and tap mindlessly at their reflections in the glass. Stoker incorporated this sound into his novel as Dracula tapping with long, sharp nails on windows, demanding entrance.
The bats nesting in the stable behind the inn lent another aspect to Stoker’s main character: his ability to shape-shift into not only bats, but also black dogs and mist.
The townspeople of Whitby told Stoker a true story, of how a ship was shipwrecked whilst carrying a cargo of coffins with corpses inside them, and how one morning they discovered the bodies in various stages of decomposition scattered along the beach.
Stoker eagerly incorporated the blood-chilling tale into his novel by having Dracula shipwrecked off the Whitby coast.
Hope you enjoyed my little trip
heres a few pics and a bit of info about Bram stokers DRACULA
It was into Whitby harbor that Bram Stoker sailed in 1890.
He had been working on a novel inspired by Hungarian adventurer Arminius Vambery who had told Stoker, eastern European tales of the blood-hungry living dead.
Stoker stayed at a small inn on the river. Every evening at dusk the local pigeons would sit on the window ledge and tap mindlessly at their reflections in the glass. Stoker incorporated this sound into his novel as Dracula tapping with long, sharp nails on windows, demanding entrance.
Whitby proved to be the perfect setting for Stoker to derive some of the more intriguing details for his book.
Stoker stayed at a small inn on the river. Every evening at dusk the local pigeons would sit on the window ledge and tap mindlessly at their reflections in the glass. Stoker incorporated this sound into his novel as Dracula tapping with long, sharp nails on windows, demanding entrance.
The bats nesting in the stable behind the inn lent another aspect to Stoker’s main character: his ability to shape-shift into not only bats, but also black dogs and mist.
The townspeople of Whitby told Stoker a true story, of how a ship was shipwrecked whilst carrying a cargo of coffins with corpses inside them, and how one morning they discovered the bodies in various stages of decomposition scattered along the beach.
Stoker eagerly incorporated the blood-chilling tale into his novel by having Dracula shipwrecked off the Whitby coast.
Hope you enjoyed my little trip
Last edited by half_empty1 on Sun Dec 31, 2006 11:14 pm, edited 2 times in total.
Tue Dec 19, 2006 4:32 am
Hey thats cool Dave Great pics
Great pics
Tue Dec 19, 2006 12:59 pm
Brilliant report and photos there Dave, looks like an awesome place to visit!
Thanks for injecting some culture into the forum
Thanks for injecting some culture into the forum
Tue Dec 19, 2006 1:18 pm
AWESOME PICS! The place must of taken your breath away - I know it would have mine.
Tue Dec 19, 2006 1:36 pm
very nice mate 
Tue Dec 19, 2006 2:51 pm
Cool! and if you want a Aussie link to Dracula a relative of Bram Stoker (I think it was his brother but my memory is dodgy 
) was Captain of the Australian Submarine AE2 which was the first Submarine to penetrate the Turkish defences in WW1 and attack shipping in the sea of Marmara, after this a a couple of British Subs made it in but the AE2 was the first! The Sub was sunk after 2 or 3 days and the crew taken Prisoner. Actually the AE2 was only rediscovered 3 or 4 years ago! it's the Aussie equivalent of the japanese Midget Sub that was found a month or so ago off Sydney
) was Captain of the Australian Submarine AE2 which was the first Submarine to penetrate the Turkish defences in WW1 and attack shipping in the sea of Marmara, after this a a couple of British Subs made it in but the AE2 was the first! The Sub was sunk after 2 or 3 days and the crew taken Prisoner. Actually the AE2 was only rediscovered 3 or 4 years ago! it's the Aussie equivalent of the japanese Midget Sub that was found a month or so ago off Sydney
Tue Dec 19, 2006 3:38 pm
what a great story ! thanks for the pictures as well, it is certainly different to a lot of things posted in "Off" topics 
Tue Dec 19, 2006 4:07 pm
Gosling1 wrote:what a great story ! thanks for the pictures as well, it is certainly different to a lot of things posted in "Off" topics
Yeah, no-ones made a gay joke or referred to Donuts yet. Very disappointing....
Tue Dec 19, 2006 4:13 pm
Seriously though mate, sensational stuff. Must be impressive to live somewhere with more than a couple of hundred years documented history.
Tue Dec 19, 2006 4:18 pm
Some fantastic photos there mate, and a classic area to take them. I've got some copies of photos taken by Sutcliffe in the Whitby area in the late 1800's
Tue Dec 19, 2006 5:02 pm
thats kinda cool..woulda been very cold in that Castle- its got no roof!!
Wed Dec 20, 2006 3:36 am
thought i better see a bit of england,
before i start me new life down under in 3 weeks....GULP......
glad you liked my little report,
merry christmas all
before i start me new life down under in 3 weeks....GULP......
glad you liked my little report,
merry christmas all
Wed Dec 20, 2006 10:01 am
Great pics, and a bit of history.
It's amazing to look at those kind of things, Australian history just over 200yrs then other parts of the world 637AD
Makes us look almost brandnew
It's amazing to look at those kind of things, Australian history just over 200yrs then other parts of the world 637AD
Makes us look almost brandnew
Thu Dec 21, 2006 8:24 pm
half_empty1 wrote:thought i better see a bit of england,
before i start me new life down under in 3 weeks....GULP......
glad you liked my little report,
merry christmas all
Yep you see we have this big rock in the middle and it changes color sometimes
Great pics Dave and top read,You'll love here mate we have some amazing sites.Merry Xmas & safe trip.
Thu Dec 21, 2006 9:11 pm
Well did Dave, great pics and love the whole Drac genre thingy.
What date are you landing in Brissy, you would've mentioned it but I'm too slack to read back...
If you are in Aus at mid to late Jan we should have a counter attack one night whilst up in QLD.
cheers
What date are you landing in Brissy, you would've mentioned it but I'm too slack to read back...
If you are in Aus at mid to late Jan we should have a counter attack one night whilst up in QLD.
cheers