Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire

Living in Nottingham Katie had not been to Sherwood forest .. so we decided to spend the day in the reserve ... The forest is kind of patchy these days and spread around but this looked like the main target to aim for.

Parking in the main car park, the first goal was to head for the visitors centre to find some info ... including a path map.
We set off following the crowds to Major Oak, in the middle, then headed out to the west end before cutting north to the top corner, and back along the diagonal all the way to the South East. Here we stopped in the craft shops for a cup of tea, and a long chat with a medieval bow maker and other items ... especially after the joust the other week.

All the way around were scattered various old oaks among other managed trees, but Sue and Katie also started recording the mushroom varieties along the way.
Back then to the van and home, dinner was to be at Encounters, but when we got there it was not open, so we headed to another restaurant - petit paris was good but more expensive than encounters and exceedingly loud. On the way back Encounters was open so we booked in for Thursday night.