And where do you want to go asked frannie - l had looked on the map coming home yesterday and noted that sherwood forest seemed reasonably close - so i said sherwood forest - easy done said frannie - is about 30 mins aways and we could also go and visit the village of edwinstowe where tony spent a couple of years billeted as a 7 yo during the war.
I think that edwinstowe may have changed a little since the early 1940s but we found a nice pub and had steak pies for lindsey and the builder and lamb mince pie for frannie - not bad they were.
We then headed off to sherwood forest to investigate robin hood and his merry men. The weather improved and there were lots of people and dogs wandering around the forest. It was green and lush - unlike the aussie victorian bush at present even tho it is the middle of winter.
The major oak
We found the major oak in the middle of the forest and then wandered back to the car. we stopped off at a castle on the way home but it had shut early as it was saturday - as you do in the middle of the tourist season - may try and head back there in our last week
Tonight frannie is doing lamb chops and home fresh veggie- we have red wine for ian to reward him for driving the offsprouts to a games theme park - even tho he seems to have thrashed them in the bowling - he attributes this to moderate red wine consumption at lunch and old age.
nothing planned so far for tomorrow - a day of rest will be good.
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