From west to east and back to London

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23rd Nov
After leaving Carlisle I then headed to Yorkshire to drop off Anna (one of the road crew) then proceeded to York to look around. Since there was not much time left I only entered York Minster. The cathedral was pretty amazing inside; I was a bit shocked to see how much was inside. There were head stones from graves and plagues, coffins and many alters. The place had more packed into it than I had ever imagined. After leaving York the next destination was agreed to be Nottingham, I had a feeling it could be interesting visiting the famous Sherwood forest. The town of Nottingham was fairly small and quiet in respect, however it was pretty clean and friendly I felt. Accommodation was very basic and the hostel was being renovated which meant there was only one shower. Most of the more interesting sights to see had been destroyed, like Nottingham castle. So the main attraction was to be Sherwood Forest. The forest has mostly been cleared but lucky a small amount has been left. The lonely planet guide claims that hundreds of thousands of people visit this location yearly although when I visited it was very quiet. All but some rangers, some mothers with their children and a lot of squirrels were all to be seen.

On the 24th the remaining crew and I packed up and headed back towards London. However we had plans on visiting Stonehenge. Traffic was terrible and our forecast trip stretched from 2 hours to almost 4. Thus making out arrival time 1 hour after Stonehenge closed for viewing. Sadly we had to turn around and head back to Heathrow airport to drop back the car.

I was very grateful to be out of that car after clocking up 1,790 miles in a week.
(2,888kms)

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Photos

Moss everywhere
nothing special really just moss grows on almost everything

Sheep
Typical sheep around England and Scotland. Almost always they still have their tails unlike sheep in Australia

York Minster
York Minster

York Minster
Inside York Minster - a view of just a few of the coffins and plaques.

Sherwood Forest
A look through the trees in Sherwood forest

Robyn Hoods Realm
More of Sherwood Forest

Sherwood; Robyn Hoods Realm
The Road through Sherwood - unlikely to get robbed now days.

Heading towards a service
After a lot of driving in the last week the almost brand new car will probably be due for a service very soon.....

The troop carrier
Here is the car that saw me through Scotland, as with the previous picture you can see it clocked up 1790miles or around 2880 kms...

Comments

[Pam]

beautiful photos
It is obvious you not only appreciate good architecture but nature as well. But the sheep, you're not from N.Z. are you?

[Odysseus]

Beautiful photos.....
Not from N.Z. I dunno you tell me, am I? :-) I was thinking all my pics and no native wild life! and most often they are more interesting to look at than a bunch of hills so I thought I should capture a few pics of the local animals. I had quite a bit of trouble chasing down the squirrles in Sherwood forest... appears they are very camera shy.