Vodka Revolution’s clubbers were given an unexpected surprise last Sunday night, as a fleet of horse and carts , other wise known as “traps” queued up to give willing students lifts home.
Revellers reported the animals stationed outside the club but it is unknown how many actually took up the unique offer. One astonished clubber told Vision “the state I was in, I fancied a late night ride round York strapped to the back of a horse, but looking back on it now I’m glad I didn’t. It looked like a death trap.”
The part time taxi service is thought to have been a group from the traveller convoy which had assembled outside the Tang Hall Working Mens Club earlier that day. The group consisting of over 30 horses and carts, assembled on the Hull Road site after initially setting off from Murton, before proceeding down University Road and into Heslington after a delay of around an hour.
Students were amazed to witness the event passing the library, with one bemused fresher telling Vision “it felt like I’d gone back in time!” Despite taking local police by surprise, the event passed off peacefully, with members of the traveller community having convened from all over Yorkshire and the North East.
It is thought the occurrence was in tribute to a recently deceased community leader.