Horses, Robin Hood and incredibly smart people.

After Hull I took the train to Retford where I visited Joy (one of my mums old school friends) and her husband John. I spent a couple of days there and during that time Anna, who I had stayed with in London came up to visit her Joy (her mum) so I got to see her again. Joy and John keep a couple of horses and while I was there they took me out on their horse trap which was pulled by one of their mares; Chelsea. We went as far as the next village where they dropped of Anna and I from where we had a nice walk back along the canal with their 4 dogs.
Joy also took me for a quick visit to the fabled Sherwood Forrest, the home of Robin Hood, where I saw the Major Oak; where he was meant to have lived while harassing the Sheriff of Nottingham etc.

After a couple of days with them I took a bus down to Nottingham to have a look around there before going to Norwich. The original castle of Nottingham had been destroyed and so the castle that currently stands looks more like a manor house than anything. It contained a museum and its current exhibition was one centered on the currently running BBC series of Robin Hood. It was basically a rundown of the characters and the making of the series but it was still pretty cool. Along with the exhibition they had a room devoted to the Sherwood Foresters Regiment which showed their uniforms and weapons from the redcoat and musket times to the present.
There was also a statue of Robin Hood right next to the castle.
I also went for a walk along the river/canal to check out the headquarters of Games Workshop and see the 8 foot statue of a Space Marine out the front.

After a couple of days in Nottingham I jumped on a bus to Norwich where I spent a night with John and Juliet, another of mums cousins. After showing me around Norwich they took me to Cambridge where their eldest daughter, Helen had invited me to stay over the weekend as it would be more fun with her than her parents (her words, not mine). Cambridge is SO COOL, its made up of a number of Colleges where the students live and do a lot of their work. Most of the colleges are made up of really impressive and very old buildings as you might expect and Kings College where Helen lives is no exception. Many of the buildings the students live in remind me somewhat of old style mansions or even castles; Helens room has a battlement above it.
Im leaving Cambridge this evening but Ive had a great time hanging out with uni people again, its been awesome. Im loving the Autumn over here as well, the colours are fantastic! And so many crunchy leaves to step on :P.

Im heading back up to Norwich and then tomorrow Ill probably go down to Mulden for a couple of days then to London again.

Have a good one.