[ANON POST] Medieval Winter Travel

[orange_fell]

Part of the plot in my story revolves around the fact that my characters really need to travel to a specific place - but they live in a very snowy, northern climate, and when the story opens winter is already closing in. To make matters worse, there's a mountain range between them and their intended destination, which they can theoretically travel

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[r_blackcat]

Oh please, can you give the link on "Robin-Hood-in-winter" article?

[r_blackcat]

Sure!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nottingham/features/2002/12/sherwood_forest_survival_guide.shtml

[r_blackcat]

Link was marked as spam, but look up "Nottingham features wintertime survival in medieval Sherwood Forest." It should be the first link that comes up.

[r_blackcat]

Yeah, that works! Thank you very much!

[tersa]

Thanks for asking, because now I need to read about it too, just because it sounds interesting! :)

[lied_ohne_worte]

I read a retelling of the Robin Hood story children's novel that was aiming for realism (and was hence a lot bleaker than the original story). I remember that their life was really quite uncomfortable, and they were associated with a nearby village in some way to even ensure survival.

[r_blackcat]

I love stories that aim for realism. Can you tell me what the novel was called by chance?

[lied_ohne_worte]

I can, but I fear you'll need to be able to read German. It's Robin Hood. Solang es Unrecht gibt by Tilman Röhrig.

[r_blackcat]

I'm no master but I can struggle through German, happily. I'll check it out. Thanks!