Bluebell Woods
Ferroequinologists will think at once of the Bluebell Railway, in Sussex, but in North Yorkshire we have our own displays of this wonderful woodland flower. Walking from Crambeck into Castle Howard Woods and up onto the ridge which overlooks the main parkland, one passes through the richest possible sea of colour, spreading up the hillsides and lit up here and there where the sun comes through the new leaves on the overarching trees. And then one can drop down to the Crown and Cushion in Welburn for a pint and some grub before heading back to catch the bus at Whitwell on the Hill.
(And for those of you who think, how quaint, a bus, rest assured that they run every half-hour, Monday to Saturday, between Leeds and Malton via York (hourly on Sundays) and will also take you on to Whitby, Scarborough, Filey and Bridlington in safety and comfort. And many are double deckers so you can see over the hedges. Don’t use the car – it just doesn’t make sense)