Robin Hoodand other stories

Hello and welcome to story time with Tim. Today I have a tale for you about outlaws, arrows, and treasure hunting! So get comfy as I regale you with the girls adventures of the last two days. 
Yesterday Emma spent her last day in england visiting her nan and aunt, and Lauren and Cari and I went to Nottingham  (again) but this time armed with the proper bus timetables to get to Sherwood forest and back in a reasonable amount of time. Despite the rain, they enjoyed a lovely walk around the woods, home to the legendary outlaw Robin Hood and his merry men. They even wandered off the beaten path to check out some of the giant oak trees. After climbing in and on some of the coolest looking trees they've ever seen, the girls then headed to the clearing of the 1000 year old Major oak, possibly the oldest tree in Sherwood Forest. It was here that Cari finally got to try out shooting a long bow (something she's been eager to do since seeing a stall for it at Warwick castle). Sadly, the blood of Robin Hood clearly doesn't run in her veins, as had she been shooting at real animals we all would have had to run from the boar she angered but didn't actually wound. Fortunately we all made it out alive and returned home to chill with Emma on her last night here.
Today, in our first Emma- less day, Cari and Lauren went treasure hunting in the town of Hay on Wye. But it was not gold or jewels the girls were after, but treasure of the hardcover and paperback sort. Hay on Wye's primary trade is that of books. Every second shop is a book store! New books, old ones, antiques, theme stores, bookbinders, everything book related in one place. There as even just stalls outside with a box to drop money in called the Honesty Bookshop (take note Mia, a lot of them could use someone good at cataloguing and organising, if youre still job hunting). Upon arrival they immediately decided that there was no way that the hour and a half they had allotted before the bus back would be enough, and instead spent over three hours wandering through the shops (and still didn't get to them all). They managed to keep themselves to three books apiece, mindful that they had to travel with them for the remaining days of the trip, and felt that all in all the treasure hunt was a success.  The journey home however, was not as grand a success. Having missed the bus they aimed to catch, they waited an hour for the next one. Upon arriving at the train station, they found that their train had been cancelled. So they hopped another one and got off at a different station. But of course the train from there was delayed, and once aboard, they managed to attract the loudest ( and possibly slightly drunk ) group of people who sat right beside them. But they finally prevailed and made it home! And so dear readers, there never was a tale of more adventure, then of cari, lauren and their recent ventures!

Cheers,
Tim