Today we headed off to Millington Wood, 3 miles out of Pocklington.
We've been meaning to head out here for a long, long time, but one thing and another has meant we never made it until today.
It's only a couple of miles round the whole wood, but Molly still wasn't that keen:
Molly being not very keen at all.But despite protestations, moaning and a generally miserable demenour, we set off on our family hike. Millington Wood is a local nature reserve of ancient Ash woodland with Spruce and Beech introduced in the 50s. It's small, sitting right in the middle of a dry valley called Lily Dale and is past of the larger Millington Wood and Pastures SSI.
Because of it's position, occupying a deep valley and surrounded on all sides by pasture and agri land, it's beauty seems to shine much brighter. A perfect patch of woodland. Even Molly had a fantastic time, although she found a much better use for all of that wood lying around waiting to be put into the charcoal kiln:
Of course, after all of that effort, you deserve a treat. So we popped into Millington village and settled down in the Rambler's Rest. A beautiful, very old fashioned, yet completely not twee, tea room. Coffee and cake. Much better.
The Rambler's Rest also looks like it serves a fantastic meal in the evening, but because of it's tiny size it has to demand bookings of minimum 8 and maximum 16 people. Once you do that, the place is effectively yours for a private party.
Forgot to take pictures though - this one is from hereMore pictures from Millington Wood
here.
The path up to the edge of the wood, leading out of the valley.
View from the top of the wood.
