Kettlewell Scarecrow Festival - in pictures

Kettlewell Scarecrow Festival attracts visitors young and old with more than 100 characters dotted around this normally sleepy Yorkshire Dales village
Photograph: Matthew Lloyd/Getty Images

The winner takes it all: entries such as this ABBA group are judged on the first day but results are kept secret until the end of the festival Photograph: Matthew Lloyd/Getty Images

Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, puts in a call to canvass votes Photograph: Matthew Lloyd/Getty Images

A passer by photographs one of the more traditional scarecrows at this year's festival Photograph: Matthew Lloyd/Getty Images

Up close, he could certainly scare a crow or two Photograph: Matthew Lloyd/Getty Images

One young visitor fails to recognise Ronnie Barker in Open All Hours, despite the Yorkshire setting Photograph: Matthew Lloyd/Getty Images

But the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge strike a topical pose (with or without Pippa Middleton) Photograph: Matthew Lloyd/Getty Images

A second wedding party pose for pictures outside Kettlewell's church Photograph: Matthew Lloyd/Getty Images

This bartender scarecrow is made entirely out of corks (bow-tie model's own) Photograph: Matthew Lloyd/Getty Images

He might want to think about brushing his teeth for the close-up Photograph: Matthew Lloyd/Getty Images

Meanwhile, anoraks and fleeces are the dress-code of the day over at the Dun-in Inn Photograph: Matthew Lloyd/Getty Images