"Oddly, I didn't spot any blind people at Whitby all week - an extraordinary number of people with motor disabilities that you'd think Whitby was far less accommodating for, but nobody with a guide dog or white stick"

:) There were at least 2, both with the very long white canes :) One gentleman with the Scratch Morris and a superb whistle player who briefly joined the Scratch Band both outside and inside the Shambles on Friday when we were playing/singing/dancing :D
Once the long canes were folded and tucked away no-one could tell who was blind :)