York Guides

In return for a minimum donation of £5, which brought in around £1,300, Minster stonemasons took 170 people 150ft up the lift they are using in the latest phase of renovation on the Gothic building for a bird's-eye view of the city.
On the way up to the roof the lift passed the East Window – the largest expanse of stained glass in the world. It is as big as a tennis court and has been described by Dean of York Keith Jones as the "Sistine Chapel of stained glass".
The window, which cost £56 to make and install during the late 14th and early 15th centuries, will cost £6m to restore and another £15m will be spent on repairing the stonework in a programme taking up to 10 years.
The Minster's superintendent of works, Steve Mills, who co-ordinates a team of 40 architects, stonemasons and glaziers, said 2,000 people, including many families with children, visited the stoneyard on its open day.
This year's event has special importance because of the East Front restoration. The Yorkshire Post is backing the Minster's fund-raising drive for the most ambitious restoration of an English cathedral in two decades.
Since the appeal was launched in March £500,000 has been raised, including donations from Yorkshire Post readers. Now 16 miles of scaffolding is being used to enable workmen to remove crumbling stonework and replace it with thousands of matching stones.
The work also involves the removal of the East Window, which has Biblical scenes. It is now leaning out by 16.5in. Excess lead will be removed to lighten the panels before the window is cleaned, restored and replaced.