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abendgulesSadly my boasting is falling behind the splendidness of my weekends - ok the last couple of weekends at least.
Winchester highlights:
- having 55 people attend, which I think was a largish turnout compared to past years, and many of those folks .
- having many newcomers attend, including a group of 4 LARPers, who Robert has prodded and reminded and nudged for over a year to come out. They finally did, and chose the most splendiferous of events to try out.
They kicked our collective butts on the pilgrimage quest, since they'd actually read and studied the pilgrimage guide (very larp-ish approach). They also seemed happy to pitch in and worked as a happy team together, so if we gain them, we'll gain them as a unit, not just individuals, which would be lovely.
- Glorious bright early summer weather meant we had a lovely sunny walk to Winchester, and a lazy afternoon under shade watching fighters work hard.
- Our pavilion was once more a 'new toy' to show off to those who hadn't seen it go up before, and the little girls enjoyed helping us string our rope bed.
- Some Thamesreach members likeexmoor_cat and zmiya_san and zmiya's noble lady mother, who'd previously missed the event finally got to attend, and delighted in it; it's fun to see folks enjoy an event as much as you do.
- Meeting T'reach's newest Nordmark acquisition Emoni in medieval clothes, plus her lord![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
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- Finally gettings10clee on the pilgrimage I'd told him about for years.
- Seeing the youngest attendees,nusbacher 's and Sir Vitus' respective children, run around and enjoy themselves together. A couple of people remarked about how nice the kids were, and how well they played together.
- neither Robert nor I were especially on the hook to do anything (organise the pilgrimage, run the tourney, marshal, or feed people - so we were free to just pitch in as needed, and Robert and I could walk the pilgrimage together.mbroidress and her family had a blast playing beggars and brigands on the route.
jpgsawyer andMatthew Baker and I toasted terafan and Dubheasa at feast - their initiative and vision is what brought us all to the site (though it's Raphe and Ariel and Robert's persistence that has kept it up).
Things to improve:
- keeping the Chaucer evening on track. I was caught out by the Wife of Bath's tale being so short (splendidly read bynusbacher ) and wasn't quick enough to move us onto another reading, so we got sidetracked into less medieval chatter and music. Now I know!
- me and my big mouth: I caught myself rattling on about how a one-piece t-tunic is ok to start with, but you can always do better ...and out of the corner of my eye saw a good friend sitting in her quite attractive one-piece t-tunic! My raging authenticity snob mouth got ahead of my graciousness, and I felt a bit of a jerk afterward. Argh.
- our encampment: I still desperately want benches to sit on, and to invite guests to sit on, as well as a table to set with snacks. Also: better curtains for privacy. However, since it might be awhile before we trot out the encampment again, in theory I have lots of time to build benches...
Winchester highlights:
- having 55 people attend, which I think was a largish turnout compared to past years, and many of those folks .
- having many newcomers attend, including a group of 4 LARPers, who Robert has prodded and reminded and nudged for over a year to come out. They finally did, and chose the most splendiferous of events to try out.
They kicked our collective butts on the pilgrimage quest, since they'd actually read and studied the pilgrimage guide (very larp-ish approach). They also seemed happy to pitch in and worked as a happy team together, so if we gain them, we'll gain them as a unit, not just individuals, which would be lovely.
- Glorious bright early summer weather meant we had a lovely sunny walk to Winchester, and a lazy afternoon under shade watching fighters work hard.
- Our pavilion was once more a 'new toy' to show off to those who hadn't seen it go up before, and the little girls enjoyed helping us string our rope bed.
- Some Thamesreach members like
exmoor_cat and zmiya_san and zmiya's noble lady mother, who'd previously missed the event finally got to attend, and delighted in it; it's fun to see folks enjoy an event as much as you do.- Meeting T'reach's newest Nordmark acquisition Emoni in medieval clothes, plus her lord
armillary - Finally getting
s10clee on the pilgrimage I'd told him about for years.- Seeing the youngest attendees,
nusbacher 's and Sir Vitus' respective children, run around and enjoy themselves together. A couple of people remarked about how nice the kids were, and how well they played together.- neither Robert nor I were especially on the hook to do anything (organise the pilgrimage, run the tourney, marshal, or feed people - so we were free to just pitch in as needed, and Robert and I could walk the pilgrimage together.
mbroidress and her family had a blast playing beggars and brigands on the route.jpgsawyer andMatthew Baker and I toasted terafan and Dubheasa at feast - their initiative and vision is what brought us all to the site (though it's Raphe and Ariel and Robert's persistence that has kept it up).Things to improve:
- keeping the Chaucer evening on track. I was caught out by the Wife of Bath's tale being so short (splendidly read by
nusbacher ) and wasn't quick enough to move us onto another reading, so we got sidetracked into less medieval chatter and music. Now I know!- me and my big mouth: I caught myself rattling on about how a one-piece t-tunic is ok to start with, but you can always do better ...and out of the corner of my eye saw a good friend sitting in her quite attractive one-piece t-tunic! My raging authenticity snob mouth got ahead of my graciousness, and I felt a bit of a jerk afterward. Argh.
- our encampment: I still desperately want benches to sit on, and to invite guests to sit on, as well as a table to set with snacks. Also: better curtains for privacy. However, since it might be awhile before we trot out the encampment again, in theory I have lots of time to build benches...
