THE trains might be struggling to make it to York, but Alan Titchmarsh managed to get here.
The cheerful TV gardening expert, who has turned his green-fingers to writing flowery fiction, was in the city to promote his latest novel, Animal Instincts.
To the fans who gathered to meet him, the presence of this busy, modern-day Yorkshire hero brought a little late autumn sunshine to another dreary, soggy day.
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