Tim, I had a spell of being made unwelcome at Whitby by a particular bunch of people. It was a bit of an "anti-English and anti-Southern" thing, and very unpleasant at the time, but then one person stepped out of line and was pleasant and i realised that that some of what was going on was just insecurity! Nothing like making someone else "the outsider' to make oneself feel a little more of an insider. Why not give Whitby another go, there are lots of lovely friendly people there.....

Saro