My 40th Birthday - Marc Liron

It was my 40th Birthday at the weekend…

Sarah and were away with many friends from Church as it happened to be our annual weekend away!

Saturday afternoon was spent wandering around the historic town of Whitby.  Now as an ex-sailor I know the connection this town has with the famous Captain James Cook. So it was a great treat to be able to sail out to see for a short trip on a “replica” of his ship HMS Endeavour. I also have another connection with Capt. Cook as I have also had the privilidge to vist South Georgia in the South Atlantic, an island that he mapped and claimed for Britain in 1775, and is also the final resting place for British “Artic” explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton…

Also had an opportunity to wander up to the ruins of Whitby Abbey, founded in 657 AD.

Whilst there I came accross an old church graveyard and spotted a gravestone for a sailor that died in 1798 aboard HMS Blenheim, and probably served at the historic Battle of Cape St Vincent, where Lord Nelson was made Rear Admiral.