The Heslington Path

My first full day at the University of York, which is not in fact in York, but outside of it, next to a village called Heslington which is everything one could wish for in an English village. Red brick row houses - rose hips and fuchsia garlanded on fences - white tea roses winding up the sides of buildings. An excellent sandwich shop.

The roads out of town are one-lane, spinning off into empty countryside lined with hedgerows. It's like walking through an Avengers episode.

( I did go for a good long walk this afternoon )