Searching for Robin Hood...

I've lived in Nottingham for almost a year now and when i moved here i didn't know much about the city but like many, i'd heard of Sherwood forest and now that the weather is finally getting better and worth being outside in, me and Sean took a trip out of the city in the middle of last month, during our exams and deadlines to get a break from the city.

This is Major Oak *insert HIMYM joke here*, i think the story is Robin Hood and his friend hung out here or something. Historially, lets just say the tree is super old! We went on a 4 or 5 hour walk after leaving the Sherwood forest visitor centre and just walked around the forest all day and it was so nice. Sean thinks we walked about 7 miles because we weren't exactly route marching and stopped for lunch as well, but it was just so lovely to be out of the city and in the quiet forest for most the day!

Sean, the tree whisperer.

I didn't take too many photos as i'm still yet to have a "proper" camera, i just use my iphone but it was a really nice day out and sooooo lovely to just get out of the city. I do love the city and when i moved out last year i thought i'd always prefer a city over the countryside but i've got to admit, i do like a good walk in forests still!

A Visit to Byron Burgers!

The other restaurant we visited in London was Byron Hamburgers, which was a kind of last minute decision because we didn't want to plan anything because we just wanted to see what we fancied on the night. 

We considered Meat Liquor because we'd both heard good things about their food and general vibe but we looked up their website and not only do they not bother putting any allergy advise online but a few other things came up in our searches that thoroughly implied that they were not very accommodating for people with special dietary restrictions. So instead of risking it with Meat Liquor, we went to Byron Burgers, a place I've heard great things about before!

We went to the Wardour Street restaurant and we seemed to get there at the right time as we hadn't booked but there was one table spare! We sat down, got our drinks and ordered our food. The server we got was fabulous about my lactose intolerance- we ordered some of the tortilla chips with salsa and guacamole as a starter and i wanted to check there wasn't yogurt or cream in the guac (tescos "surprise" ingredient of yogurt in theirs has made me wary of all other guacs!), there wasn't which was great! And both of us had also decided on the Byron hamburgers, and i'd already asked for mine without the cheese but he also went and checked all the other ingredients to make sure it was all fine without me even asking him to which, i know to an extent is their job but it's always nice when you don't feel like you're nagging the server about dairy!

The starter, or "while you wait" snack of tortillas with salsa and guacamole was really good, i love salsa that's a right mix of sauce and chunks and Byron's was delicious. The guacamole was also lovely and the tortilla chips were huge and looked properly homemade, none of that wannabe doritos style chips!

  

The burgers were also delicious. We got the Byron burgers which is their beef burger with bacon, cheese, lettuce, tomato, red onion and their "Byron sauce". I got mine without the cheese but other than that obvious subtraction, everything else on the burger was absolutely fine for me to eat! I love going out and only having to remove the cheese on items because it means you basically still get the food as it's supposed to be eaten. We also shared sides of the french fries and the HUGE onion rings which were so amazingly good!

Overall, me and Sean definitely enjoyed Byron burgers and they are definitely in our top 5 burger places, a list that might just make a blog post at some point! Byron burgers also have their allergy information on their website here https://www.byronhamburgers.com/menu/allergy/ which is very useful as i was like to know i have a good choice before deciding to eat somewhere! I'm home for summer now in Yorkshire and i know they have a restaurant in York so i might just have to have a visit before i go back to Nottingham in autumn!