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Robert made a new jupon for the Uffington Castle event last weekend. It still needs a bit of finishing, but I think it looks sharp.
Evidently Harley is a big fan as well. After one wearing, she buried her nose in the armhole for a snuggle. She was absolutely intent on some delicious smell coming from the jupon.
The fighting at Uffington was by all accounts very fine - 8 fighters, 12 folk total, met at Uffington castle to fight a Canterbury roll tourney, and then try some small-group melee tactics. It was blessed by bizarrely warm and sunny weather - southern England and Wales is having record-breaking heatwave weather this week.
They fought til early aternoon, then retreated to the pub.
Uffington is a Bronze age hillfort, adjascent to the White Horse - there are several white horses in the chalk downs, but this is the one most people know of.
West dragonshire has some new fighters, and one of Thamesreach's newer fighters also took part. Robert handed a torc to the Romano-Brit gent who presented a very cool challenge , which was very apt.
ETA: thought it was Jon who organised the day - in fact, he's the one who's set up a second fight practice nearby (in Reading, for all those CBC listeners) - and made a cool challenge. The consequences of not being there!
Fight practice on an ancient historic monument, then afternoon at the pub - what's not to like?
I spent the weekend sewing, unpicking, and resewing. The princess' sideless surcoat needed some love and mending at the shoulder seams, where several pounds of black velvet and brocade make their views known.
With the hang of the fabric, the plain-line fess between the sable and azure has sagged, so it looks like the demi-sun is actually curved downwards. Per fess sable and azure, a demi-sun droopy Or?
I'm also puttering with adding some shoulder shaping, so it hangs better on me - without permanently altering the surcoat. At a minimum it has to be in better shape for the Far Isles event this weekend.
Evidently Harley is a big fan as well. After one wearing, she buried her nose in the armhole for a snuggle. She was absolutely intent on some delicious smell coming from the jupon.
The fighting at Uffington was by all accounts very fine - 8 fighters, 12 folk total, met at Uffington castle to fight a Canterbury roll tourney, and then try some small-group melee tactics. It was blessed by bizarrely warm and sunny weather - southern England and Wales is having record-breaking heatwave weather this week.
They fought til early aternoon, then retreated to the pub.
Uffington is a Bronze age hillfort, adjascent to the White Horse - there are several white horses in the chalk downs, but this is the one most people know of.
West dragonshire has some new fighters, and one of Thamesreach's newer fighters also took part. Robert handed a torc to the Romano-Brit gent who presented a very cool challenge , which was very apt.
ETA: thought it was Jon who organised the day - in fact, he's the one who's set up a second fight practice nearby (in Reading, for all those CBC listeners) - and made a cool challenge. The consequences of not being there!
Fight practice on an ancient historic monument, then afternoon at the pub - what's not to like?
I spent the weekend sewing, unpicking, and resewing. The princess' sideless surcoat needed some love and mending at the shoulder seams, where several pounds of black velvet and brocade make their views known.
With the hang of the fabric, the plain-line fess between the sable and azure has sagged, so it looks like the demi-sun is actually curved downwards. Per fess sable and azure, a demi-sun droopy Or?
I'm also puttering with adding some shoulder shaping, so it hangs better on me - without permanently altering the surcoat. At a minimum it has to be in better shape for the Far Isles event this weekend.
