You might have thought everything that could be said about the man in Lincoln Green had already been said. But with a new BBC television series about to hit the small screen in October 2006, Robin Hood is back in vogue. | "There are few legends that mention the city other than the Sheriff of Nottingham." | | Author Mike Dixon-Kennedy |
The author Mike Dixon-Kennedy has written the Robin Hood Handbook. It contains one or two contentious suggestions, one being that Robin never actually set foot in the city of Nottingham. He never came to Nottingham "There are few core legends that mention the city other than the Sheriff of Nottingham," says Mike. "I suppose if I ever come to Nottingham again they'll string me up from Trent Bridge." Mike's explanation is that Robin would never be able to get around the countryside as quickly as the stories suggest. "If he was to do these journeys in a day (as set out in legend) he would need at least a Ford Granada instead of a horse." The author says the nearest Robin would have got would have been five miles from the city gates. Who is Robin?
 | | Front cover of the Robin Hood Handbook |
In the Robin Hood Handbook Mike Dixon-Kennedy suggests he was born in 1160 and died in 1247. "He's like King Arthur. He certainly existed. he's Robin of Loxley. Loxley is a small village that still exists to the south west of Sheffield." In the future Despite his suggestions Mike says Robin Hood will forever be associated with Nottinghamshire. He says it'll always be the case "irrespective of what I say or anybody else does because the legend's timeless. A thousand years from now we may have time travellers who go back and meet the guy...but he'll still be Nottingham." | 
