Despite forecasts of bad weather and earlier snow the baptisms went ahead in the open air.

Making A Splash (from York Press)
CROWDS watched as the Archbishop of York performed open-air baptisms in the city as part of an Easter Sunday celebration.

In the specially-erected pool outside the church of St Michael-le-Belfry, next to York Minster, Dr John Sentamu welcomed 25 people into the Christian faith in a ceremony.