Sherwood Forest: Robin Hood, The King's Game, Haunted Abbeys, And More

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[@danielmurphy921]

How did he comment 17 hours ago?

[@willardhunghimself]

not sure i was first 97secs ago.

[@bnigh5495]

I have to go, my balls need shaving.

[@JohnBrown-z2u]

Okay so I watch KZbin videos while practicing a musical instrument. I queue them up and let em go. When I get to yours I always have to crank the volume just to hear you. That introduces noise, but worse is when the next video in the queue comes up. It just about blows the speakers unless I get to it quickly enough to turn it back down. This is a problem on all your channels.

[@bnigh5495]

@@JohnBrown-z2u I have had that problem before but not on Simons' channels. I have a TruVolume setting on my speakers that tries to fix that by making sudden changes in volume even out (mostly for commercials). I have found it doesn't work that great, but it helps for KZbin videos.

[@Julia-uh4li]

Sad to say, I've been living in Notts, about 15 minutes from Mansfield for 10 years & I've yet to visit Sherwood Forrest. This video makes me want to do that on my next day off work! Thanks for educating me, Simon. Congratulations on the newest member of your family x

[@stuartclifton4764]

I'm in Hucknall!! Been here 23 years and never visited :(

[@Julia-uh4li]

@@stuartclifton4764 Let's go! I'm next to Jacksdale.

[@josh8774]

I love the forest and miss the countryside of Derbyshire

[@ItzDylanM]

@@josh8774 the derbyshire countryside is wonderful though, there are too many amazing places to visit 😆

[@ProvocativeSloth]

Bulwell, rrrrepresent. If you haven't got a car, it's not easily doable.

[@VoidHalo]

That was a great video. You should totally do a video on the Black Forest in Germany as a sort of follow-up to this.

[@blueashke]

I just love watching Simon subtly or not-so-subtly throw shade at the ghosthunters.

[@UnwrittenSpade]

Same! I despise those morons

[@goober5713]

Robin Hood and Little John, walking through the forest Laughing back and forth at what the other one has to say Reminiscing this and that and having such a good time Oo-de-lally, oo-de-lally, golly, what a day…

[@theawesomeman9821]

I was looking for these lyrics!

[@fencepostjay2496]

@@theawesomeman9821 Martty Robin's "oodalolly oodalolly"

[@fencepostjay2496]

@@theawesomeman9821 I was just thinking about coming back to this comment and correcting my mistake, Rodger Miller, not Marty Robbins.

[@Hollylivengood]

@@fencepostjay2496 Roger Miller had so much music tallent, that he would just think it was funny.

[@mattk3654]

The best Robin Hood movie that I've ever watched. I still watch it with my kids.

[@adamkilroe9840]

I'm very lucky to live in Mansfield and spend a lot of time in the forest. The Visitor Centre is brilliant and a big improvement in what it was like about 5 years ago. Creswell Crags had been revamped from when I was a kid and it was then just a dump of a place. Both are amazing places to visit. We walk our dog regularly at Rufford, and there are many other amazing places to visit in the area.

[@stuffandthings6188]

I grew up in tuxford and creswell craggs as I remember it was just a muddy cave.

[@CptCupcakeUk]

It's not a bad little centre now, They have been doing alot of work at the crags, lucky enough to live within walking distance. Not been to the forest centre since it was redone so i can't speak to that.

[@adamkilroe9840]

@@CptCupcakeUk they've done a cracking job, it's brilliant.

[@skavenbob]

I've never heared anyone say they are lucky to live in Mansfield lol

[@stuffandthings6188]

@@skavenbob or me. I lived near Mansfield and think myself lucky I escaped.

[@masdavis236]

The horses head on the horses rib is mind blowing, that seemed like early man just bored and doodling

[@jeeee3f]

He wanted everybody to know where he got it. Horse.

[@robertstuart480]

This had made my day. I love the Robin Hood tale and I adore the Errol Flynn and Disney animated film adaptations.

[@itsamachineworld]

I love anything to do with Robin Hood, but gosh I've always loved Sherwood Forest on its own. I so wish I could go there someday. It seems like a wonderful place to enjoy nature.

[@gary-pv8vz]

I hope you can make this happen!

[@itsamachineworld]

@@gary-pv8vz Thank you!! Someday, certainly! It's on my bucket list for sure.

[@MrBounce66]

@@itsamachineworld it's fantastic if you like walking. Events are now starting again. I'm taking my wife and son next month to do some archery.

[@itsamachineworld]

@@MrBounce66 That's cool! Unfortunately that would be a long way off (I'm American), but once I do have the ability to visit I'm definitely taking some time to visit places like this!

[@lb_75]

Nah you’d be wasting you’re time and money

[@abigailhurley3812]

Loved this. I am a Nottinghamian born and bred and knew most of the information, but I still gleaned a few new snippets, and I loved the presentation. Can’t wait to go and visit again. Thank you!!

[@scottmasters8432]

Never thought I’d hear about my home town and nearby landmarks in a video but WOO

[@ItzDylanM]

Same here 😆

[@craigdackiw1877]

Same viva la Nottingham

[@RandomLeeHD]

Same 😂

[@mitchellneu]

“LOCKSLEY!!! I’m going to cut your heart out with a SPOON!!!”

[@willardhunghimself]

We're Men, Men in Tight tight tights.......

[@jedsithor]

"Why a spoon, cousin?"

[@ianfleming446]

Because it will hurt more!

[@mitchellneu]

@@jedsithor BECAUSE ITS DULL, YOU TWIT, IT’LL HUUUUURT MOOOOORE

[@partywithartty]

@@willardhunghimself "You changed your name...to Latrine?" "Yeah! Used to be Shithouse!" "That's a good change."

[@Sister_Felinity_Imaculata]

The statue of Robin Hood at the very beginning reminded me of Robin Williams for some strange reason.

[@useitwice]

Haha I just wrote a similiar comment! And just after Peter Pan is mentioned

[@robo08ify]

So I’m not the only one. 😂

[@rachelwitherspoon4394]

Right??? I was like when did Robin play Robin?

[@HistoryTime]

And don’t forget at the very heart of the forest is History Time Manor. But don’t try to come here as the hounds will be unleashed.

[@SkunkApe407]

Seeing you here is kind of humorous, especially given the depth and comprehensive nature of your own videos. In all honesty, I find this channel to be a nice companion to your own, as you both cover many of the same topics. I've actually watched your Sea Peoples documentary at least a dozen times since the Covid-19 lockdowns started last year.

[@greenkoopa]

My favorite video of yours is on the Bronze Age Collapse

[@HistoryTime]

I often watch Biographics and Geographics. Fun channels

[@SkunkApe407]

@@HistoryTime between you and Simon, I have received a better education in history than any public school course ever offered. Thanks for putting out high quality content that is so easily digested.

[@SkunkApe407]

@@greenkoopa definitely up there with the Sea Peoples documentary, in terms of "Best KZbin Documentary". What would TV be like if Nat Geo and History Channel were held to the standard set by History Time?

[@theawesomeman9821]

The best movie version of Robin Hood in my opinion, is by Mel Brooks cause unlike other Robin Hoods, the lead speaks with an English accent.

[@roden70]

Carey Ewely. Brilliant movie.

[@theawesomeman9821]

@@roden70 exactly!

[@murrayscott9546]

A British production with Thewlis as Robin I found most excellent.

[@theawesomeman9821]

@@murrayscott9546 cool

[@theawesomeman9821]

@Munish LOL!

[@Jellyfish146]

I remember going to Sherwood forest and seeing the Major Oak all propped up, it was astonishing.

[@86yourhopes]

You guys should do a video on the la Brea tar pits!!

[@philipwebb960]

or not

[@josephleishman1982]

@@philipwebb960 unless you can offer better, we both know Whistler is running out of geographical ideas

[@jaxontaylor6504]

Live 10 mins down the road and love Sherwood Forest

[@jenniferdobson-coffey9480]

This channel is never a disappointment! Great job yet again!

[@hosephanerothe1440]

I love in Mansfield round the corner from here, finally Geographics comes home ! 👌🏻

[@adamd5849]

I love how humanity has come from drawing sexual organs on cave walls to drawing them on video games

[@Petry4u]

Good story

[@sahhull]

Just you then

[@danyellerobinson5940]

🤣 ... some things never change.

[@b3yourself91]

“For religious purposes”

[@TonySpike]

As a person that lives in the area, when you mentioned the witch carvings i couldnt help but think "or they were carved by teenagers"

[@outdoorsy01]

Daughter just asked what does he mean by "your balls will thank you" 🤦‍♂️jeez..cheers Simon 🤣

[@sandybarnes887]

Oh boy. Tough one to explain 😆 🤣

[@RbkARI]

To be fair, you probably should have skipped the moment you heard him mention Manscaped if your daughter was around lol.

[@outdoorsy01]

@@RbkARI hindsight is a wonderful thing...tbh I was driving while she was watching. She loves the channel. I did explain that for some people like Simon, the hair up north sometimes vacates down south and becomes problematic. Her response.. "old people problems"

[@milesstyles7428]

Guess what you're getting for Christmas 🤭

[@RbkARI]

@@outdoorsy01 Fantastic response.

[@s.m_li]

the best of all film adaptations of the legend of Robin Hood is Richard "Kip" Carpenter's novel Robin of Sherwood starring Michael Praed ☝

[@tdirtyatl]

Agreed. Clannad's music was as much a character as the actors.

[@Pinchton]

I found this interesting for I live in the town of Worksop, North Nottinghamshire. Worksop is called "The Gateway To The Dukeries" due to our location and the amount of stately homes around our area e.g. Clumber, Welbeck and Thoresby. You mentioned the army using Sherwood and can remember seeing tanks cross the road as you approach Sherwood visitors area. Welbeck Abbey used to be an army cadet place where military officers were trained, now has a brewery that produces some good ales. We are steeped in history in this neck of the Britain and the town itself has a church that used to be a monastery dating back to 1103, this being The Worksop Priory Church.

[@chrystpick7741]

Not to mention the best bit of worksop... they still have a good value cinema...

[@Andrewjg_89]

Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire is a legendary forest. And yes it’s where Robin Hood came from.

[@useitwice]

Funny how the statue of Robin Hood at 0:30 looks like Robin Williams, just after Peter Pan is mentioned ^^

[@ravenhill_of_yore_1968]

great video, this is right up my street.

[@TheWitchInTheWoods]

I loved that you have fitted so much in. Really interesting history of the locale. Cheers.

[@harris7772]

Perfect timing on the video as I'm going down here for a holiday today and it's great insight on what went on here 👌

[@ravenhill_of_yore_1968]

i don't always like Simon's content, but being we're medieval enthusiasts here, this was a great episode.

[@thesteve580]

5G in a Forrest? Do you want Ent's, that's how you get Ent's!

[@TigruArdavi]

just offer the Ents free access to 5G, they might be fine with it. Though, as Ent assemblies are known to be "not so hasty" decision making may take a while... wait, sounds familiar 😁 Of course, they will insist on Ent-to-Ent encryption 😂 And btw, there's no apostrophe in the nominative plural

[@resileaf9501]

Maybe we need Ents. We're shamelessly wrecking our forests and jeoparding their long-term survival. Can you imagine if Ents started protecting the Amazon forest?

[@JRMilward]

They just want to be able to log onto Twitter. . . I'll see myself out.

[@emilyservice4670]

My grandma remembers going in the Robin tree to bad can't go in anymore :( we also visited little John's supposed grave under a yew tree I think it was lol I was 11 when I went to Sherwood nice place

[@ThornbackHag]

11:03 I spy my office. Despite working in the building for 17 years I've yet to have anything paranormal communicate with me. Doesn't stop me talking to them, or at least using that as an excuse when I talk to myself. Thanks for mentioning the venerable Major Hayman Rooke :)

[@ItzDylanM]

Now that is an amazing office! Lol

[@ThornbackHag]

@@ItzDylanM It's full of dead flies at the minute :D Perils of working in an old building! But yes, it's an amazing office, aside from the indoor wildlife!

[@dirtbikerman1000]

I live 15 minutes from sherwood forest and Cresswell craggs. We go mountain biking around sherwood forest, clumber Park, Rufford, Thoresby, centreparks and sherwood pines. Its a 25 mile loop...awesome ride Its one big loop.

[@mathew85]

Every time I think of Robin hood I think of that robin hood men in tights movie.😆😆

[@willardhunghimself]

Achoo,... Bless you, no thats my name Achoo...

[@willardhunghimself]

ahh ole Blinkin....

[@turdferguson353]

Heeeeyyyyyy Abbott!!!!

[@SRW_]

Over that boy hand!!

[@plumbherhub1664]

I think of the cartoon one

[@theJellyjoker]

Don't tell me it's not worth tryin' for You can't tell me it's not worth dyin' for You know it's true: Everything I do, I do it for you

[@Kunjo79]

Cheers mate, got that f***ing song in my head now 😆

[@joelmckinney16]

This is one of your best!

[@grimmcreole44]

been there once with my family on a road trip heathrow->edinburgh. the entire trip heathrow->sherwood was marked with spontaneous exclamations of "to the sherwood forest!"

[@jamesroyle6888]

Robin of Loxley, Sheffields greatest son after Sean Bean.

[@blueberrypirate3601]

Hark we hear a coach approach tis the ten fifteen from Nottingham! To me men!

[@jamesroyle6888]

@@blueberrypirate3601 is it the scab coach heading to the pit? Pass me the bricks!!

[@tomwallhead6950]

None brits never get this. Sherwood forest stretched so far back then. He wasnt from nottingham.... and i am lol

[@kl0wnkiller912]

"We're men... men in tights (So tight!)..."

[@danielnystrom7310]

Been there many times. Robins tree as they call it, is huge. I live about 20 minutes away from sherwood forest. Stunning place

[@SjParker42]

Loved it! As an exiled Nottingham girl in Texas - this invoked much nostalgia for places nearby in Notts from my youth!! Thanks Simon!

[@DFSJR1203]

Simon, How are the shoulder and ribs doing? Hope you are feeling a bit better. Loved this video.

[@MichaelSmith-lx2dt]

Great video I literally live 10 minutes away from Sherwood Forest

[@ashcoates25]

After watching Geographics cover locations the world over, it's mind-boggling when they turn their attention to your own back yard!

[@loke6664]

Hey, many tavern owners were pretty poor and I am sure the people Robin was based off gave them a lot of money. The "Hood" thing seems to have been a term for outlaws in Norman times.

[@likebot.]

20:37 This reminds me, the shipbuilding industry was reallocated to North America during the 17th to 19th century because the coastal areas were rich with virgin forest. A video on this might be interesting.

[@markjohnson6817]

Cresswell Crag was / is the most northern point of cave art from that time period in the UK. It also hosted woolly Rhinos, lions, hyena's and hippo's in it's far past. One side of the Crag is within the Nottinghamshire boundary and the other side is within the Derbyshire boundary. The side that receives most light are the caves with the ancient etchings and painting, whilst the other side was used for inhabiting when they followed herds for hunting. Amazing place to visit!

[@CrisFromSvartsot]

2:55 Simon's writers have a habit of suggesting that Denmark isn't a part of Scandinavia, as I have heard it in other videos too. Yet it is. And in fact Snorre Sturlason, the Icelandic saga author, called all Scandianvian languages the "Danish tongue" in Heimskringla from c. 1230. Thus -by placenames are equally as likely to be Danish as the -thorpe ones, also when looking at geographical spread of the name types. Also, just check a map of Denmark to see how many -by placenames we have here! Admittedly, -torp/-thorpe endings do appear to be more common in the the historical Denmark than in the rest of Scandinavia, so it is may be more or less correct to directly associate those with Denmark. But still. Denmark IS in Scandinavia!

[@lisasimpson4574]

I live here and know these places like the back of my hand, so its lovely to see my home town on here. Thanks for a great video 😀

[@enriquena6079]

Love your channel

[@dcamp671]

Very impressed with the cc attributions. 👍

[@GeraldBlack1]

Oh no 😧 here comes Robot Hood!

[@LeadsTheFallen]

I live 10 mins from Sherwood Forest :)

[@marinaknife4595]

Really interesting - love history - lots of interesting facts I wasn't aware of - thanks for uploading.

[@dexter111344]

Surprised it took this long to cover this forest.

[@SoundShinobiYuki]

My ancestral homeland! (I'm Canadian. But through my Dad's side, our family records date back to 16th century Nottingham and Sherwood forest.)

[@wynstonsmith7194]

Hahaha, when I saw Sherwood Forest, I first thought it was about the park full of shady people opposite the train station in Prague!

[@papanoel3999]

I had a flying lesson last year from Gamston, we flew over Sherwood Forest. Beautiful..

[@iakazul]

Awesome job! Thank you for sharing.

[@ignitionfrn2223]

0:50 - Chapter 1 - Of caves & mounds 4:25 - Chapter 2 - The law of the forest 8:55 - Mid roll ads 10:35 - Chapter 3 - Haunting the abbeys 14:30 - Chapter 4 - Men in tights 18:05 - Chapter 5 - 5G Cockpens

[@amandajones661]

Great!!! Love this!

[@TheEvilCommenter]

Good video 👍

[@KD-kl4sx]

You didn’t even watch it all

[@marccayson]

In 2002 I was volunteering with a forestry group cutting invasive trees out of Sherwood forest. We would find shoes, pots and pans all kinds of things.

[@lunda2222]

Actually the earliest ballad of Robin Hood "A Gest of Robyn Hode" places him in Barnsdale rather than in the Sherwood Forest: "Robyn stode in Bernesdale, And lenyd hym to a tre, And bi hym stode Litell Johnn, A gode yeman was he."

[@johnreed3576]

Watched Elbow live in Sherwood, that was a great gig

[@cj4631]

Oh my lord! My childhood memories come flooding back

[@bdlane3410]

If you are willing to travel, consider an episode on the island of Pohnpei, in Micronesia. There is a city, mostly underwater now, called Nan Midol. It was the capitol of an empire that ruled the Pacific under the Sadeleurs. It's a fascinating place.

[@andrewmcneil2110]

Good vid Simon.

[@sschmidtevalue]

Maybe it's a subliminal thing, but I thought that Robin Hood statue looked a bit like Robin Williams.

[@davidhuber9418]

thank you!

[@mellie4174]

Great video!

[@bramvanbennekom168]

1:01 finally i have an answer to my Irish friends who are always asking 'what's the Crag'

[@ravenhill_of_yore_1968]

I’m Anglo Saxon so Robin hood mythology has always captivated me.

[@petranilla14]

Covid gave the forest and its animals a rest from human intrusion. I hope when it is reopened the numbers would be limited.

[@chalkncheeseneeds723]

I'm sorry you said Ron Hutton and I spat my tea out. Oh boy did my dad have some stories about him!

[@walterfechter8080]

Simon, perhaps you could create a mini doc about the caverns in The Mendips in Somerset. My grandparents told me some of the legends related to that area of Southwest England. Thank you.

[@simplyhuman3982]

Men in tights is the best robin hood.

[@onepiecepedia]

Who else is wondering when Simon will finally do a Geographics on Prague and/or the Czech Republic (Czechia?) ?! tbh I'd love to, one day, visit this country!!

[@BinManSays87]

I'm pretty local to cresswell and robin hood's cave but the the cave of robin hood that I know and one you show at 13:57 is on stanage Edge which is about an hour's drive away but Iay have to go scope out the crags one day

[@JRMilward]

Might be worth mentioning the Eagle lecturn that the monks at Newstead Abbey threw into a fishpond to prevent it - and the title deeds hidden inside - falling into the wrong hands during the Dissolution of the Monasteries.

[@jimg9820]

Ha! I live in Sherwood - it's a district of Nottingham City, quite a few miles from the forest though! One niggle Simon - the picture you showed of Robin Hood's cave wasn't the cave at Cresswell, but the one at Stanage Edge in (spit!) Derbyshire! Mind you it is near Hathersage which is where Little John is buried - Allegedly!

[@justoutofframemoviereviews656]

Welcome to Sherwood, Milady!

[@_SimpleJack_]

We used to plunder England, we called it a summer holiday. Glad you still use our words.

[@yakusoko2313]

Would love to see a video on the Taj Mahal

[@ZieMuffinMan]

me again, show me the Appalachian Trail on this channel

[@1080Curt]

What about doing an episode on Stanley Park and/or Vancouver, Canada?

[@do-ol2540]

I hope they cover Fort Sumter one day.

[@paddyneill1964]

Manscape grooming the forest ….. nice 😎 🥸

[@GeorgeOjema]

At 21:21, looks a lot like the setting of the shrubbery scene from Monty Python and the Holy Grail

[@youtubeaddict9948]

Used to go to Nottingham to see my auntie, my mum would sing Robin Hood all the way lol. I’m Scottish btw.

[@agateplanet]

Little known historical fact: Sherwood Forest was the home of England's last Elven population. This small but ancient community was destroyed by the Norman invaders circa 1130. In case you are wondering J.R.R Tolkien was a lecturer in Anglo-Saxon at Oxford and spoke Old and Middle-English fluently. He discovered evidence of the history of the last of the Elves whilst deciphering manuscripts that pre-dated the Norman invasion. This provided him with with the necessary knowledge to help him elaborate, with such vivid detail, Elven life in both The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.

[@mitchmitchell3142]

As a government forester and avid bow hunter I find this episode especially fascinating.

[@captainesquire]

Simon! Do a video about the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Bombing! Reason I ask is because I was actually born on that day 25 years ago in a town close from Atlanta and it’s a pretty interesting, yet sad story.

[@HistoryandHeadlines]

What is your favorite forest to visit?

[@willardhunghimself]

Bristle Cones

[@clarkbowen9882]

Thank you Simon, awesome as always. Cudos to cast and crew. I'm almost tempted to break my own rule and fly to Ireland, Wales and Middle England to see the places my people are from. Almost.

[@NZobservatory]

In the distant future these videos will be the basis of all Earth history.

[@Heimdall6581]

Robin Hood also incorporates parts of the stories of Hereward the Exile & Fulk FitzWarin (both worth a look for another vid…)

[@doktorwhy7397]

a small snippet of information My Grandfather Sydnie made the chains that hold the great oak together after it was hit by lightning in the 1930's