Donkey leads Palm Sunday parade
![Freddie the donkey leads a procession into St Michael and All Angels Church on Palm Sunday.](https://www.northumberlandgazette.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjUxZTRjMGIzLTQ0MjktNDgzMC1iZTMyLTkwYTUzNjVkY2E3MTo4MGUwY2ZhZi1hMTk3LTQ5MzQtYWZkYS1kYTRkNTJhNWIwMDI=.jpg?crop=3:2,smart&width=640&quality=65&enable=upscale)
![Freddie the donkey leads a procession into St Michael and All Angels Church on Palm Sunday.](/img/placeholder.png)
Freddie the donkey had a leading role in a Palm Sunday service in Ford.
Owned by Tom Burn of Hunting Hall, the animal led a procession into St Michael and All Angels Church and he was very well behaved – thanks to the help of a few carrots.
The service was conducted by Rev Charlotte Osborn, priest in charge of Ford and Etal, Lowick with Kyloe and Ancroft in North Northumberland, following the success of a donkey-led procession when she was based at Oakham in Rutland.
She said: “It was really pleasing that so many families came along to enjoy the walk and play their part in our representation of the Palm Sunday story.”