Scott took the Magnificent Seven on a 10-mile walk starting in the RSPB car park in Edwinstowe, up to Budby Heath and almost to the River Meden, returning round the edge of Sherwood Forest to the Visitor Centre.
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| Cattle on Budby Heath - the other side of the fence fortunately |
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| Budby Heath, historic heathland wilderness, once part of an ancient hunting forest but now a quite different landscape |
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| Lunch stop |
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| The Centre Tree |
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| The iron cross with the inscribed stone was placed here by the Duke of Portland in 1912 and marks the location of a ruined chapel or shrine and is dedicated to the dark-age King of Northumbria, Edwin, who was killed at the Battle of Hatfield in 632 AD |
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| The Major Oak was renamed in honour of Major Hayman Rooke in 1806. To celebrate the 300th anniversary of his birth, the Miner2Major Project, The Sherwood Forest Trust, Mansfield Woodhouse Heritage Link and Ramblers have created a new Heritage Walking Trail in Mansfield Woodhouse. See also this interesting video about Sherwood Forest and other local areas |
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| Group at the Major Oak |
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| Robin Hood fights Little John |
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| Cricket at Edwinstowe |
