I picked up this thread by accident when i keyed in "whaling" in the search box. I do like these random finds!
Read all the way down the thread hoping somebody would post a link to show what the cross-picking technique actually looks like. From the detailed notes that come out, I'd assumed it must be a finger-picking style.
Thanks, Murray, for the two links above. I've been figuring out Norman Blake's Church Street Blues for finger-picking on twelve-string, nice to hear an alternative rendition.
And Dick - playing between the strings? I'll have to look out for that at Glasson Dock!