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November 3rd 2007

Published: November 3rd 2007

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Robin Hood and Little John

A statue of the legendary fight on the bridge between Robin Hood and Little John

We decided that since we weren't going anywhere this weekend that it was high time that we went out to Sherwood Forest. And the leaves in their fall colors would still be on the trees. For a November day, it was still really nice out, and I didn't even feel the need to bring a jacket with me. So, this morning, we caught a bus into town and then went to the Tourist Center to buy Robin Hood hats or other small things so that we would have change for the bus out to the forest (the Sherwood Arrow). Then we nearly didn't make the 10:45 bus, which would have meant taking the 12:45, because we were confused as to where it was leaving from. So after a hurried walk through Victoria Shopping Center, we made the bus. Problem was, we weren't quite sure what stop we needed to get off at. This was a bit stressful. But, an hour later, we arrived in Edwinstowe and walked out to the Sherwood Forest Visitor's Center. On the Way we passed St. Mary's Church where, legend has it, Robin Hood and Maid Marian were married. At the Visitor's Center, we went through the

Abbi and Erin

Robin Hood Exhibit which tells some of the story of Robin and a bit about the forest. We took pictures of all of us with our heads in the stocks. After a quick turn through the gift shop, we started out into the forest towards the Major Oak Tree. Most of the forest is fenced off now, so you have to stay on the paths, which is good for the forest, but bad if you want to run around and pretend to be an outlaw. However, there were some parts that were unfenced, or at least the fence was farther back, so that we could take pictures with the trees. The Major Oak was about a 20 minute walk from the Visitor's Center so we got there pretty quick. It is a very old tree. It is so old that it has to be supported by wooden or metal supports and parts of the insides have rotted out or been eaten out so they cannot tell exactly how old it is. It was a pretty cool tree. We had a picnic lunch by the Major Oak and then we split up. Kate, Alex, and I headed deeper into the forest,

In the Stocks!

while Kia, Abbie, Joy, and Carrie headed back to Nottingham. The three of us looped through the forest. We saw some interesting shaped trees and found one dead log, I guess you could call it, but it was almost the whole tree. We could see all the way through it and had to take some pictures. By the time we left the forest and headed back to Edwinstowe, stopping at St. Mary's on the way, it had gotten a little chilly. We still had about an hour before the bus came so we wandered around a bit and then collapsed on a bench. The ride back to Nottingham was much less stressful because we just had to ride until the last stop, so I took a nap.

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