The story walker
Harry Collett is the storywalker, the man in black with the top hat.
Harry is a Whitby guide, doing ghost walks and dracula walks as well as local history walks as The Baron. I ducked out of the ghost walk as my legs were hurting but the kids came back enthused and reliving many of the scary stories about the Screaming Tunnel, the lighthouse keeper, the grey lady, the Black Dog and the hand of glory. (More of these anon).
I was hesitant to go on the in search of dracula walk as I didn’t fancy cliff hopping up to the abbey again in a large party but went along to the meeting point to check whether they did go up the east cliff and Harry assured me we didn’t, it was mostly downhill. I was pleased I did go as the tour was very informative and Harry is a fine raconteur.
The Whitby accent is more Cleveland than the North Riding, although Middlesborough used to be in Yorkshire pre 1968 anyway.
If you want to hear Harry’s introductory sample to his ghost cassette, click here for a short spooky MP3, or visit his site for other formats (& to find out more).
Whitby Walks come highly recommended by Master David Grey, although he says it is a bit scary!
(You can read a review by ghost hunters here).
