It was time once again for our annual spot of getting lost around the streets of Woodthorpe as we joined forces with the York Rotary group and helped Santa spread some festive cheer whilst raising money for York Mind.

Numbers were lighter than previous years but fortunately we were joined by Legendary Lucy who had travelled all the way down from GG Newcastle to spend the night as a GG Yorkie festive elf. That's some true dedication! Make sure you give her some cheers

We made excellent progress knocking on doors and collecting donations (including a couple of discount vouchers in Vicky's case) but as the rain came down and morale started fading we were joined by Charlotte to help raise spirits and money!

Big shout out to the Landlady of the Dick Turpin pub for getting one of the bar staff to dip into the till for a tenner and also the Woodthorpe Spice curry house for allowing us to ask their customers for some spare change and also donating themselves. Be sure to have a curry at the Woodthorpe Spice washed down with a pint from the Dick Turpin next time you're in the area!

Anyway, the task was as fab as always and we helped raise a tonne of money for a wonderful cause. Sure, it was a little bit wet and windy, and we all got drenched, but who cares.... IT'S CHRISTMAS 🎄 🎁