Winter, Whitby Abbey. Strong windswept sky over distant Abbey at dusk.
Whitby, the port where Captain Cook became a seaman lies in North Yorkshire on the mouth of the river Esk. The river flows through a narrow gully to reach the sea. On the cliffs above sit these ruins of Whitby Abbey founded by St. Hilda in AD 658. The famous Synod of Whitby was held here in AD 664. The first recorded Saxon poet, Caedmon, lived and worked there.