Excited Inspiration From Whitby Goth Weekend

I finally made it to Whitby for Halloween, and wow, it didn't disappoint.

The place is so very atmospheric. First we walked up the 199 steps to the Abbey where I saw someone impressively dressed up like Vampire Lestat, and he had a baby vampire following him around! Aww. We then went to the Abbey itself, where they had organised an outdoor play of Bram Stokers Dracula. There were just three actors who played all the characters. I love watching live performances as I feel part of the show, even if you're just watching, but the crowds interaction, and the actors ab-libs made the show very funny, and very entertaining indeed. We watched the last performance of the day, and so were treated to watching the Abbey lights switch on, which only happens for Halloween. When looking up at the stone ruins lit with blues, greens, and reds as dusk falls, it takes on a whole new eerie ambience.

We then did a ghost walk, which I still love, even if I think the person taking me on the ghost walk isn’t that fantastic, one still gets a sense of local myths and legends, and to walk through the small, winding, cobbled streets in the dark is always atmospheric and creepy, especially at Halloween.

On Halloween itself, we walked around Robin Hoods Bay, which was rife with smugglers in its day. The best way to describe the place is a miniature fishing village on a very, very steep hill. I can see why smugglers and pirates liked the place. Back in its time, unless you lived there you probably wouldn’t have bothered to negotiate the steep hills, cliffs, and tight winding streets. The place is very quaint though.

In the evening we went back into Whitby, and it was bonkers busy! There were goths and steampunkers dressed up to the nines, people like myself who wanted to join in, and dress up a little bit and be a part of the scene, and then there were the people who just came to watch the shenanigans. There were some amazing outfits and then there were some really creepy ones, like the clown IT from Steven Kings film, or the guy whose makeup looked like he had reptilian skin under his human face, like the scifi series ‘V' and Death came to the pub for a few drinkies! Very good and very creepy. Naturally the place was bursting at the seams with people, but we managed to stay out until past midnight. 

The amount of pimped out hearses parked up there was amazing, and I guess some people just love living the whole undead lifestyle for real. For me though, I’m quite happy to just write about it. The place was so atmospheric, I was even inspired by a new horror story as part of the Fifth Book in The Beyond Series AND I'm sooo excited because I've also come up with a new trilogy of spooky books for teens and young adults, purely from last nights dream. Yep, I woke this morning, leapt out of bed and wrote the full synopsis AND book titles for three, yes three new books and a whole new series. I'm not giving anything away just yet and that’s all I’m going to say for now…. Mwah hahahaaaaa!