Out & About …

… on the North York Moors, or wherever I happen to be.

Day: 14 February 2019

  • Capt. Cook’s Monument

    Capt. Cook’s Monument

    “In memory of the celebrated circumnavigator Captain James Cook F.R.S. A man of nautical knowledge inferior to none, in zeal prudence and energy, superior to most. Regardless of danger he opened an intercourse with the Friendly Isles and other parts of the Southern Hemisphere. He was born at Marton Oct. 27th 1728 and massacred at…