Just over a week ago we had a mini-break in Nottinghamshire, we felt we needed to have some time away with the lockdown ease. We did everything on a very low budget but knew we needed this time for our family’s mental health, we needed to feel like we weren’t trapped and needed that different scenery.
Nottinghamshire is only an hour and a half away from us, it was just enough of a distance for us. We decided to go here because Rob is called Robin and our youngest is called Robyn, Robyn’s gamer tag includes RobynHood. Obviously, Sherwood Forest was going to be a focus, I hadn’t been for years and I remember going as a child with school. Rob doesn’t remember ever visiting and the three kids hadn’t visited either. Everyone was excited and once we looked at the Geocaching map to see what was around, we knew we were going to have a great time.
Our first find was near what we remember as a historical irrigation system and it had some of its original fixtures in place. Weir is it (GC42KVJ) You may be able to see the cache on the cog if you look closely. A nice easy find for our first find on our break away and we have to say the village had a historical trail with signposting for knowledge. We did stop to read some of the information.
It was a dull day with a mist that got us wet, but we weren’t going to let it dampen our spirits. We walked to the next cache which was a church micro and we loved how the sign point had a voice-controlled by turning the wheel. St Mary’s is said to be where Robin Hood and Maid Marian got married. Church Micro 1526… Edwinstowe (GC495FC) took us a while to find but with Daddy’s undefeated attitude he put his hand within the frame of the sign which was amongst spiders and other creepy crawlies and found the cache.
One reason we stopped in Edwinstowe was that we wanted to find the Robin Hood and Maid Marian statue but it wasn’t there, apparently, a car had collided with it and so it had been removed for repair. It means we will have to visit again in the future. We couldn’t find all the Geocaches in the area either, so we have some to return for.
We also found Going East (GC4J4PX) which felt like a bit farther from the others with the three kids and next to the main road, but we did find it. Edwinstowe is lovely to walk around and worth a visit for the historical reasons and also some light Geocaching.
We will be sharing our finds and adventures of Sherwood Forest soon. Make sure you follow our blog so you don’t miss it.
Jen, Rob & The Gilmour Kids.