Morris Dancers and Riverboats

Today I took Caoimhe with me to show her the sights of York City and what sights there were! We saw Morris dancers from all over :

There were these ladies in green and these wild men, women and children with strange costumes:

This scary looking man:

and these happy dancers.Can you see the man with flowers in his hat at the back?

They were all making such a noise. After we watched them for a while Judith & Leigh decided it was time for a river boat trip so we set off down to the boat landing but - we had just missed one so we had to sit on the river bank for a while and have some lunch. There is a riverboat cafe there:

And we could keep an eye out for the boat coming. Caoimhe even thought she might get a better view from my back!

And then - there it was coming towards us:

The boat was called the Captain James Cook and the Captain himself came to welcome us aboard. I had to check out the best seats:

And decided we should sit right in the front at the top so we could get the best views. Here is a picture of Caoimhe on Judith's lap and me by the rail:

Once we got started I checked out what was going on along the river:

We travelled up the river and then back down the other side under big bridges and past lots of old buildings. On one of the bridges there is an angel:

She looks down on you as you pass under the old bridge:

All in all it was a good day out and Caoimhe and me fell asleep in the car on the way home!

I thought I would finish with a last shot of me on the boat sniffing the breeze for ducks and dogs along the riverbank.