Time for our annual flu jab, and sadly our local pharmacy had run out of stock of the vaccine designed for the over 65s. A sister branch at Huntington did have stocks, so on Saturday Katharine and I had a bus trip there and got our jabs done. Huntington is about 3.4 miles (5.5 km) north-north-east of York city centre, and despite its closeness is somewhere I haven’t been to for quite a long time.
Afterwards we had a short walk around the older part of Huntington. Once a separate village, it has now been swallowed into the built-up area of York, with massive housing estates, and a big out of town shopping centre. However at its core is a street called ‘The Old Village’, which still has some reminders of its village past. Running west from this is Church Lane, which drops down and over the River Foss to the local church. This shot shows the river looking north-west from the bridge, and is a very rural location, despite its close proximity to the built-up area.
The gently flowing river, really looking like little more than a stream here, is quite deceptive and can be the cause of flooding on the eastern side of York, and was a major contributor to the floods of Boxing Day 2015. Interestingly, a look at Streetview revealed a scene where the river height was well above that shown here.
The River Foss is York’s second river, and one of the reasons why York was located where it is. The River Foss flows into the River Ouse just south of the city centre, at the south end of St Georges Field. The area between the two rivers was a good defensive site, and the ground here was slightly above the level of the surrounding area due to the presence of a glacial moraine (debris deposited by ice during the last ice age) giving a dry site.
Thank you all fot your lovely comments and favs, they are very much appreciated.
There are several nice walks either beside the River Foss, or in the farmland to the east, or for a more demanding walk, the Foss Walk follows the river from its source in the Howardian Hills, to where it merges with the River Ouse on the south side of York city centre - only 28 miles (45km)!
The River Foss runs along the eastern side of New Earswick, and it is a lovely stretch of water. It is quite popular with local children, with things like rope swings from the trees. New Earswick is only a short distance downstream from where this shot was taken in Huntington.
Ian
October 14th, 2021
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Glad you got your yearly jabs
Nice shot
Thank you all fot your lovely comments and favs, they are very much appreciated.
There are several nice walks either beside the River Foss, or in the farmland to the east, or for a more demanding walk, the Foss Walk follows the river from its source in the Howardian Hills, to where it merges with the River Ouse on the south side of York city centre - only 28 miles (45km)!
Ian
The River Foss runs along the eastern side of New Earswick, and it is a lovely stretch of water. It is quite popular with local children, with things like rope swings from the trees. New Earswick is only a short distance downstream from where this shot was taken in Huntington.
Ian