At this time of year visitor numbers in York start to increase and we phenomenen of the schoolchildren crocodiles occurs. Crocodile is the local term applied to a long line of chattering schoolchildren on sightseeing trips to the city. Sensibly this crocodile has been broken into two groups. Sometimes if you are coming out of a shop and a crocdile is passing you may have to wait some time for it to pass before you can get out of the shop.
