Why is when "a local" can not put up a good enough argument they always come up with something like "if you don't like it don't bother coming".

The quality of fish and chips in Whitby is no better than the quality of fish and chips at my corner chippy in Ponte - and I like my fish and chips. So the argument about paying for what you get is crap. Also, the argument of supply and demand is just another excuse for ripping people off.

Paying 2.85/2.95/3.00 a pint is ripping people off, in what I keep getting told is a friendly town. Ripping peoiple off is not being friendly.

Why are so many people against the Weatherspoons chain? What is so bad about them? They serve various real ales - though most real ales in most pubs are lousey, but, a lot of people seem to like flat beer these days, so, what do I know - and they sell their beer cheap. What have they done to deserve the slating. One thing's for sure, if they ever did get in to Whitby, it would be the most popular pub, because the beer would be so much cheaper than anyone else. Perhaps then the others would lower their prices.

I love tradditional pubs and I like a good pint and yes, many pubs in Whitby do keep a good pint, though there are plenty of others who don't and still charge top whack.

Fish and Chips, and beer is too expensive in what is one of the most popular seaside resorts in the country. There may not be many people walking up Church Street in Febuary but by hell, there's many more than there is in most other in land towns most other months which should more than make up for it.

Anyway, I wasn't able to make Folk Week this year but whether welcome or not by locals, whether the beer is good or crap, whether the cost of beer has come down to a reasonable level or is still extortionate, I'll be there next year for the full week because I'm not missing out two years running on the best folf festival in the country!Rain or shine.

Love and kisses to all.

Chalkie