This weekend I was privileged to be able to volunteer for the Beverley Puppet Festival and as on previous occasions found the event to be marvellously entertaining for just about everyone.

I spent a relaxed afternoon as the box office attendant at one of the venues, and managed to sell a few tickets once I had got the portable checkout device connected to the Wi-Fi.

As well as Beverley town centre being terrorised by a giant squid there were also giraffes and huge spiders!

A bee eating bird makes a rare appearance in Beverley!

A silver gilded emu at Flemingate, Beverley.

At East Riding Theatre was a show about a lonely hedgehog which yearned for a hug. As the story unfolded the hedgehog met foes, owls, rats and a turtle!

A flock of sustainable non-polluting flamingos could also be seen!