The South Walian in question spends pretty much all his free time in the Black Mountains. He's recently been recording ruined farmsteads in the valleys between the high ridges. Sounds like someone who's interested in the local heritage to me.

I have to say I absolutely detest the idea that people from one part of a country automatically dislike those from another part of it, just because of geography. Sure, some people are bigoted idiots who dislike other people purely because of where they come from. It's the reason why fucking UKIP get supporters, the kind of idiot crap that a minority of people genuinely believe. The same sort of crap the Tories play on with their politics of fear. Essentially it's racism, pure and simple.

But it doesn't accord with my own experience generally. Not everyone follows that kind of herd mentality nonsense. A lot of people are rational, and tolerant, and not so easily swayed into believing garbage like that.