This is a Reblog from the Storyteller’s Abode entitled Echoes of my Neighbourhood: Welcome to the Greenwood that was posted on June 2nd. Wonderful photographs and storytelling.
Please enjoy!
This post is for Jacqueline’s Echoes of my Neighbourhood. This week I’m sharing pictures from one of my favourite places – the home of Robin Hood, Sherwood Forest.
The Major Oak
Growing up in Nottinghamshire, Sherwood was a place we visited regularly, on both school trips and family days out. Tales of Robin Hood were instrumental in developing my love of the medieval period, something that I later studied at university. On this occasion, however, I don’t plan to merely share pictures of the forest (although I do plan to do so at some point). Last weekend was the yearly ‘Sherwood Through the Ages’ event, a gathering of reenactment troops depicting life from various points in the history of the forest. On the day we visited the groups were all from times during the last 1000 years. Their camps were set up all along the Major Oak path.
Ye olde…
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Thank you for the reblog, Linnea. 🙂
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