These are photos from the 19th and 21st Annual Robin Hood Festival, a week of colourful entertainment and medieval merry-making to celebrate the world's most famous outlaw Robin Hood.
03/08/03 and 07/08/05

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At the Visitor Centre

The crowds gather at the Visitor Centre

Members of the Legends re-enactment group.

Bows arrows and hats

Members of the Crazy Dutch Regulars folk group

The Singing Plague Victims

At the Major Oak

Many things to see at the Major Oak

Longbow demonstration

Life in Medieval times

Have a go archery

Medieval Physician

Grunal the Moneyer, minting medieval coins by hand

Entertainment at the Major Oak

At the Jousting Arena

The crowds wait in anticipation

A bird of prey flies into the arena

Falconry display

The Tournament begins

Maid Marian shows she is not just a fair maiden

Fighting with the Staff

Fighting with Broadswords

Robin Hood getting ready for Jousting with the Sheriff

Jousting tournament

At the final melee Robin Hood and the Sheriff of Nottingham
 are the only ones left standing, a fight to the finish.

Robin Hood wins the battle and salutes the crowd,
 and so ends the Festival for another year.

© Copyright John Beres 2003-2008