York 800 Flotilla by if1

York 800 Flotilla

174 - This year is the 800th anniversary of the city of York being granted a royal charter, so during the course of the year there have been a variety of special events.

One of the events planned for earlier in the summer was a river pageant, with a flotilla of boats, but due to flooding it was postponed to this weekend and it became part of the Paralympic Lantern weekend.

Boats large and small took place, and here are a few examples of the variety of craft involved.

If you want to see more of the boats involved, my daughter Lucy has posted as well - http://365project.org/lucycakes/365/2012-08-26
Lovely! Everyone looks like they are enjoying it - and quite creative craft there!
August 26th, 2012  
Lovely collage and so much colour. It has certainly been a summer of celebrations in England.
August 26th, 2012  
wonderful collage! an instant fav
August 26th, 2012  
once again a lovely photo, a nice collage of water craft....
August 27th, 2012  
Fabulous fun collage! Love the car boat! :D
August 27th, 2012  
Fantastic selection, must have been such an interesting day!! No 48 is obviously the favourite!
August 27th, 2012  
What a great event
August 27th, 2012  
Love the collage!
August 27th, 2012  
Great collage!
August 27th, 2012  
Jen
very nice!
August 27th, 2012  
What a cool collection of boats!!! Wonderful, colorful collage!
August 27th, 2012  
Bob
Nice collage to present the flotilla. So many different boats all together.
August 27th, 2012  
@sarah19

Thank you Sarah - there was certainly a varied range of boats at this event.
August 27th, 2012  
@tonydebont

Thank you Tony, as you say there have been some fascinating events this year, and this was the latest in York, with some good photo opportunities
August 27th, 2012  
@lizzybean

Thank you Lizzy, and thank you for the fav!
August 27th, 2012  
@roslynjoy

Thank you Roslyn, glad you like it!
August 27th, 2012  
@paintdipper

Thank you Junan - the car boat was featured a lot on local tv an in the local newspaper.
August 27th, 2012  
@ruthmouch

Thank you Ruth - the media certainly featured no 48 a lot!
August 27th, 2012  
@bkbinthecity

Thank you Brian, it was a very interesting event.
August 27th, 2012  
@marieooi

Thank you Marie, glad you like it!
August 27th, 2012  
@paulavdmerwe

Thank you Paula!
August 27th, 2012  
@marshmallows

Thank you Jen!
August 27th, 2012  
@clmiller

Thank you Caren, glad you like it! - this was only a very small selection of the boats - there were well over 100 involved!
August 27th, 2012  
@bobhuegel

Thank you Bob, it was quite a sight! - it took almost 2 hours for all the boats to pass us!
August 27th, 2012  
Awesome collage, looks like everyone had a great time and such a fun idea for an anniversary celebration!!!
August 29th, 2012  
a diverse collection of water craft. I think the car is my favourite
August 30th, 2012  
@tanja_1211

Thank you Tanja, there was quite a crowd of spectators along the river bank!
August 30th, 2012  
@lynne3804

Thank you Lynne - the car was very popular and did feature on the local tv news on at least two channels.
August 30th, 2012  
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