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Puppet Violence and Ancient Oaks in Robin Hood's Troubled Forest

July 19, 2008 at 1:15 PM | by | Comments (2)

Sherwood Forest is in peril. The storied English woodland has been whittled down to just 423 square kilometers in the eight-plus centuries since the legendary Robin Hood and his Merry Men used it as a hideout from the Sheriff of Nottingham. Of the fewer than 1,000 Sherwood oaks that remain, an increasing number have been dying each year, falling victim to disease, old age, and the encroachment of neighborhoods, mines, and other industries. Fortunately, there's something you can do to help, and it doesn't even involve any actual work. Grab your jester's hat and head up to Nottinghamshire from July 28 - August 3 for the annual Robin Hood Festival, which celebrates the legend of Robin Hood and supports efforts to preserve, protect, and rebuild Sherwood Forest. Expect plenty of period music, prancing, and men in tights as role-players from across England converge on the Sherwood Forest Visitors Centre just outside Edwinstowe Village. Entertainers include Perrotts Puppet Players (pictured), falconers from the National Hawking School, and the Oakwood Outlaws - famed for their costumed combat displays - as well as assorted apothecaries and alechmists. No word on how "tuned in" those dudes are, but it can't hurt to sidle up for a chat on the finer points of ancient medicine.

Related Stories:
· Robin Hood Festival [Official Site]
· Robin Hood's Forest is in Trouble [Live Science]
· Summer Festival Coverage [Jaunted]

[Photo: robinhood.org.uk]

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Victor Ozols

We both LOVE the way this guy writes! Every one of his articles teems with fun, info and insights. It makes us want to go to to the places Ozols writes about. Hey Victor you are as solid as an Oak in Sherwood Forest! Did you & wife honeymoon on an organic farm or? Did you see the Carmen Miranda Museum in Rio? Keep up the excellent work, dude!
JAMESandMAGGIE on July 21, 2008 at 5:00 PM #Permalink

Oak Tree

As it happens, Ozols means Oak Tree in the Latvian language. So I've got that going for me.

Thanks for the kind words.

Victor Ozols on July 21, 2008 at 9:27 PM #Permalink
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