Starting in the Thieves Wood car park, Paul's 11-mile walk took twelve of us along Robin Hood's Way, though Fountain Dale alongside Rainworth Water to the outskirts of Blidworth, towards Papplewick and then north through the grounds of Newstead Abbey and back to the start.
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| Thieves Wood |
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The frier took Robin Hood on his back Deep water he did bestride And spake neither good word nor bad Till he came at the other side |
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| Fallen tree in Harlow Wood |
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| This conglomerate of stone, cemented together when it was deposited by glaciers in fields around Blidworth thousands of years ago, is similar to the nearby (famous?) Druid Stone |
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| Lodge at entrance to the grounds of Newstead Abbey |
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