Robin Hood: The Hero of Sherwood Forest Robin Hood: The Hero of Sherwood Forest In the heart of medieval England, amidst the towering oaks and whispering leaves of Sherwood Forest, lived a man whose name echoes through the ages — Robin Hood . The legendary outlaw who stole from the rich to give to the poor, Robin Hood stands as a symbol of justice, bravery, and hope against tyranny. Sherwood Forest—the legend’s home. The Man Behind the Legend Robin Hood’s story begins with a man of noble heart, but hunted by the law. Some say he was once a wronged nobleman; others claim he was a commoner stirred by compassion. Whatever his origins, Robin became an outlaw not by choice, but in pursuit of justice. The archer who defied injustice. Life in Sherwood Forest In Sherwood, Robin gathered a loyal band of outlaws—Little John, Friar Tuck, Will Scarlet, and more—each committed to defending the poor and resisting the sheriff’s ...
I was heading home from my girlfriend’s house and it was taking a while. She lived well south my house and it was a weekend so the trains weren’t running. Instead you had to go to the station and a take a bus but the bus didn’t stop at every station and I had been at the wrong depot so I had to take a bus just to get to the place where I caught the bus and that bus didn’t come for half an hour so I sat on the long pews with the other passengers and waited for my ride home. I only saw my girlfriend maybe once a week because she lived so far away and when I saw her I was stuck there for 24 or 16 hours. But maybe stuck isn’t the right word. I was only happy when I was with her but she was so difficult, so intense, that once a week seemed like enough. It took me the rest of the time to recover. And often, after seeing her, I would lie in bed the whole next day, only getting up to eat, constantly hungry. It was like I had climbed a mountain or been beaten up. I was in the middle o...