A Snowy Afternoon

Hello!

So, if you've been following my Facebook status updates, you may have seen how excited I was last week that it finally snowed. Well, right after my last post, we got more snow, and because of the cold weather system hanging over the island, it's actually stayed on the ground. That, and the need to get out and do something, prompted Tom and I go go back to Sherwood Forest (Like we did a year and a half ago) for a walk on such a nice, sunny day.

Lots of people must have had the same idea as we did, because the park was really quite busy. There were lots of families and couples with dogs in tow out wandering along the pathways through the forest. Basically, when you arrive and park your car, you go first to a visitor's centre, and from there, there are marked pathways leading you various places. Most people just take the 20 minute circuit through to the Major Oak, but there are also paths marked with green and blue on little posts that you can do if you want a longer walk. We opted just to do the oak route, and I was happy to see that the paths were not just mud tracks, but because of the shade, were still packed down snow. I'm finally getting some use out of my winter boots!

So we meandered through the woods to the Oak, took some pictures to match the ones from last September, and got a couple to take one of us in front of it. It kinda failed, since the lady took it facing away from the tree, but that's alright. On the way back to the visitor's centre, Tom took a tonne of pictures, being "Master of the Camera"... feel free to have a look on Facebook, haha! We also went in to the little exhibition, "Robin Hode's Sherwode," pushed the button to hear the creeptastic Sheriff of Nottingham talk to us, and then I got in the stocks again. Photo op exploited...
Unfortunately, one of the highlights of the last trip was no longer there. They used to have a pay and display parking machine that had been converted to print stickers instead of tickets for 20p. You could get Maid Marian, Robin Hood, Friar Tuck, Will Scarlet and Alan a'Dale. I was excited to get another sticker to add to my collection, but they have since removed the machine, which I must admit was a slight eyesore. Sadness.

Hopefully more adventures coming soon!