Photo shows a view south-east from the bank of the River Ouse with the entrance to Goole Docks (s.p.b.) just off picture centre-right, the last meander to be negotiated by ships sailing up River from the Humber to Goole. The house in the distance on the south bank of the River is identified as ‘Goole Hall’ on first edition O.S. maps.
Recently attended a ‘tree event’ (tree planting event) at Pickering Park, Hull which I thought was organised by the Friends of Pickering Park but which was organised by the City Council and involved a number of national and regional organisations. The end product of the event was the planting of some young trees along the east side of Pickering Road at the edge of the Park. Two organisations I made some contact with were ‘Humber Forest’ and ‘Trees for Cities’. The latter seems to be based in London and is a product of national legislation, possibly related to the Agriculture Act still lumbering through Parliament. Apparently Hull is classed as having quite a good density of trees given the acreage of the City, much more so than many smaller, market town, type communities in East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire (I didn’t ask about Leeds, but it seems to me that on the occasions I have been in Leeds city centre that it is devoid of greenery).
I am hoping to keep in contact with Humber Forest but I presume that their objective is something less grandiose than the title suggests. In fact the website shows that it is based in the East Riding with the support of Hull City Council, not, apparently, the south bank (this making the title misleading). Its aim is to plant and maintain trees in hedgerows and woodland, all as part of the late Queen’s Green Initiative (I may not have the correct title here).
It is interesting to see local events in their national and regional context, which, in fact, is usually the case.
Belated Season’s Greetings. Hope to resume 4th January.