WHAT a delight to walk into York's Museum Gardens and be met by the sight of a beautiful male peacock.

My two-year-old daughter was so excited she nearly frightened him away. I don't know why the peacocks disappeared from the gardens, but what a joy to see them return.

Lisa Neary,

Merchant Court,

Layerthorpe, York.

Updated: 10:27 Friday, May 14, 2004