Category: Whitby Blog

Who is the biggest drip in Whitby, it’s me
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Who is the biggest drip in Whitby, it’s me

Last week I was in Whitby staying in my Whitby holiday cottage because the first time in four years we’ve actually got no bookings for December until Christmas, I couldn’t understand why because there has been virtually no gaps but then when I looked at the other agencies and cottages there were all the same, [...]

Little black-and-white frozen moments of Whitby’s history
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Little black-and-white frozen moments of Whitby’s history

I have been quite excited by my recent purchases on eBay; I started to buy some glass negatives approximately 100 years’ old couple of weeks back. The thing that makes them exciting is that they were all shot in Whitby, showing what appears to be a Victorian family enjoying their time in the streets and on [...]

HD Guide Film of the Whitby Regatta 2011
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HD Guide Film of the Whitby Regatta 2011

 Even in these recessional times it was they say over the weekend of the Regatta in Whitby. 
This is a little HD film I took of the Whitby Regatta during the three days of the event. 
We arrived on the Saturday and the people don’t like crowds obviously it’s not much fun but in short bursts it’s [...]

Sir Roger Moore and James Bond taught me the best way to advertise Whitby Cottages
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Sir Roger Moore and James Bond taught me the best way to advertise Whitby Cottages

You would think that Whitby Cottages was the most used description for finding a Whitby Holiday Cottages, when you know that most people when they’re typing in Google use the minimum number of words to look for the product they want.
 But the surprising thing is that in June of 2011, according to Google’s research word [...]

Whitby yards now Holiday Cottages but what were they in the past?
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Whitby yards now Holiday Cottages but what were they in the past?

Whitby Cottages  are mostley used for holidays now becouse people have a romanticised view of what life was like in the Whitby Fishermans cottage in mediaeval times, but the reality of life all those years ago is far from romantic! 
Whitby is actually one of the few mediaeval towns and has a development of yards where [...]

 Got a Whitby Holiday Let avoid an empty bank balance !
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Got a Whitby Holiday Let avoid an empty bank balance !

Whitby Cottages  are neary all used as holiday homes now and  when I bought my the fist of my   Whitby holiday cottages in September 2008 the first thing I did was to ring up one of the largest holiday booking agencies in Scarborough that covers the area of Whitby also and arrange for them to come [...]

Whitby Art  website updated at last!
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Whitby Art website updated at last!

I’ve finally taken a liitle time to update my www.whitby-art.co.uk  I haven’t bothered with it for a couple of   months because even  though the website was actually put on the Internet at the back end of last year mostly as a hobby activity,  I never really expected it to be megabucks business, I mean at the end of [...]

Is it me the Whitby Goth.. Or the Grim Reaper?
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Is it me the Whitby Goth.. Or the Grim Reaper?

“At least a low-fat diet is working!”

Click here to see Whitby Goths Box Canvas Prints
I have a Whitby holiday cottage, but the only problem is it is virtually never empty all year round and we even that to stay in other accommodation three times last year when staying in Whitby.
So today there was a [...]

It could be true that small is beautiful and I'm about to find out !
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It could be true that small is beautiful and I’m about to find out !

My new business venture to set up a small Whitby holiday letting agency, which is more closely connected to its clients and customers, giving them a better service to both.
I have had a Whitby holiday cottage and over the last three years
www.endeavourcottage.co.uk
Which I have been able to let it out almost solidly all year, but one [...]

Whitby History and living in the old yards
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Whitby History and living in the old yards

 ving in the Whitby yards of yesteryear
What life was like in Whitby, in the old yards when the town was not a tourist attraction but a working fishing port. I was given permission to photograph and use material from the Whitby Museum which I thank for their help http://www.whitbymuseum.org.uk/
Also drawing the yards of Whitby before [...]

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