Hello and welcome back to my Blog 😊.

This morning myself and Mick enjoyed a 9-mile walk autumnal walk in Sherwood Forest . The highlight of the walk was visiting the Major Oak, reputed to be 800-1100 years old!

Arriving in Edwinstowe we parked in the RSPB car park. We were in Robin Hood country.

It was quite cloudy and a chilly wind was blowing – not what we were expecting. Our day began by walking through the village where we saw a nice sculpture of Robin Hood and Maid Marian.

We picked up a track that took us beside the river Maun. The path was slightly muddy but could have been worse. The sun was starting to put in a welcome appearance.

Shortly, we found the path to take us into the forest, passing a nice building.

The trees in the forest were full of Autumnal colours and sweet chestnuts were covering the floor. I’d never seen so many! Mick picked some up to feed the squirrels at home. We saw signs to say that part of the forest is a Naturist area – needless to say, this resulted in a bit of banter.

There were many paths in the forest and we took the wrong path a couple of times but soon got back on track. Roughly half way through the walk we stopped for a cuppa. We joked about keeping an eye out for Robin Hood.

We pressed on, starting to meet a few people now. It had been very quiet – we didn’t hear any birds singing. We met a couple who couldn’t remember where they had parked their car – in a lay-by somewhere apparently. They are probably still wandering around now!

We started to see signs directing people to the major oak and we arrived in an area where there were people milling around. It must be close. Then, I turned around and there it was!

Mick was delighted to have seen the tree – ‘that’s one off the bucket list’ he said. Its incredible to think the tree is so old and is still alive today. Amazing!

Leaving the Major Oak we continued to follow the woodland trail that was carpeted in leaves. It brought us back to the car park.

It was a good walk and made a pleasant change from bog-trotting across fields.

Happy Walking! 😊🚶‍♂️