Whitby Abbey

Whitby Abbey

’’....3 am…. there was a full bright moon with heavy black clouds, which threw the whole scene into a fleeting diorama of light and shade as they sailed accross. For a moment or two I could see nothing, as the shadow of a cloud obscured St Mary’s church and all around it. Then as the cloud passed I could see the ruins of the abbey coming into view; and as the edge of a narrow band of light as sharp as a sword-cut moved along, the church and the churchyard became gradually visible’’ From Dracula by Bram Stoker, Chapter 7.

Whitby Abbey, the place that inspired Bram Stoker to create Dracula and a mecca for folk of a Gothic persuasion…

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