Heading home

The time had come to leave Scotland and start heading home. Our first stop once crossing the border was in Gateshead, near Newcastle. There is a giant sculpture there called the Angel of the North. It's a huge steel angel, with a wingspan the same as a jumbo jet. It's amazing! We had to walk a fair way back to get a photo with all of her wings in it. It was finished in 1998, so it wasn't the oldest landmark we'd seen, but it was certainly one of the biggest.



From Gateshead we headed towards Nottingham. Tamara's brother had lived there years ago, and she wanted to see the area. I was more interested in something else - Robin Hood! We followed the signs to Sherwood Forest, and took a walk through it, which included going to Major Oak. This is the tree where legend has it Robin Hood and his band of Merry Men had their hideout. We didn't get robbed (but neither did we receive any riches!). There are some amazing oak trees in the forest, and I got some great photos.

We then drove through Nottingham itself. Same old, same old. There's a lot of history in the town, but as usual there was nowhere to park, so we didn't hang around. Instead we got back on the motorway and headed home. The road trip was over.