Foss Upstream from Blue Bicycle

I was tempted to stand on the pedals of the Blue Bicycle parked outside the Blue Bicycle in Fossgate for this shot but ended up taking the shot through the decorative spindles of the bridge. The willow tree is in the small park behind the telephone exchange and you can just make out the top of the Rowntree Wharf building just off centre.

Behind Fossgate - Closer to the bridge

This is from the same area as yesterday's photo but viewed from the end of the brick terracing beside the River Foss by the telephone exchange but closer to the bridge. The white building on the right is the Blue Bucycle restaurant.

Fossgate

Fossgate is one of those streets that tends to be overlooked by tourists unless they are heading to the Merchant Adventurers Hall. It is well worth a visit though, this view is from the bridge over the River Foss looking towards the Minster in the background. I will repeat my oft said adage, "look at the buildings above the ground floor level for there is much to see at this second level.

Other points of interest along Fossgate include the bridge over the River Foss, The Blue Bicycle Restaurant with a blue bicycle chained to the street sign just outside the restaurant front door and the entrance way to the Merchant Adventurers Hall which is probably a more interesting approach to the building than the one from Piccadily.

See my earlier blog on the Blue Bell for details of one of the smallest pubs in York. I will return later to Fossgate to look at McDonalds furniture store (not the Burger chain) and look at the Zik Zak shop and one or two others in this short but intersting street.

Note: if you are looking at a Google map of the Fossgate area there is an error in the map showing the location of the river to the South of Merchantgate whereas it is actually located north of Merchantgate.

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