Tonight (27th Sept) we're staying at the Sherwood Forrest YHA in a small village called Edwinstowe, which is about 15 miles from Nottingham. The Sherwood forrest is to one side of the town and hopefully we'll get to walk through it tomorrow. This afternoon when we arrived it was drizzling so we drove to Nottingham to visit the oldest pub in England. It was established in 1189 AD.
It is a small shopfront which backs onto the sandstone foundations of the Castle of Nottingham. Once through the doors though, you can see that it has been tunnled into the stone (probably originating as a cave). It has a lot of character although it can only fit a small number of people. There we're 3 levels that we could see, but there may be more hidden or below ground level.
Souvenir shirts we bought and I also purchased some playing cards. A mate we met on Contiki, Craig, is collecting cards from each of the places he visits. A great idea and a small lightweight souvenir is quickly becoming the best idea yet.
They have their own tradional ale (non carbonated) called 'ye olde trip' which is the nicest real ale I've had so far. We ate there while waiting for the rush hour to subside. I had a lasagne and Luke had the lamb wrap. Not exactly traditional fare, but we had the steak and ale pie last night in Edmundbyers.
Take care of yourselves guys and gals.
Cheers,
Paul.
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