WIDOTW - a late-summer weekend in London

[abendgules]

It was a glorious late-summer weekend - quite warm, sunny, clear, which is enough to get Londoners to both moan about the heat, while heading to the parks to have a last-blast boozy picnic.
I got down to the London Archers range at Kensington Palace grounds on Sunday. This was my first chance to shoot at the club, and it was perfect.
The gents were shooting at 70m, and there were some beginners shooting at 30m, which was where I wanted to start.
One kindly agreed to take some pics.
It's a lovely site; the drawback is that it's not north-facing, as FITA fields are supposed to be. So by midday, the sun is full in your face as you're shooting. I can see why almost everyone has wee peaked caps that shade their eyes, but don't bump into the string.
I really like the view that takes in the Palace at the far end of the field. It's further away than it looks, honest: sometimes the club has only half the field, and still manages to hold long-distance tournaments.
Sadly, the days are shortening: can't squeeze in much more shooting after work on weekdays, so have to make the most of good weekends.

	Gf at full draw London archers, perfect late September afternoon
	waiting for Godot
	still at 30m but somehow the palace has gotten closer

Comments

I am jealous

[s10clee.livejournal.com]

What a fantastic place to shoot!

What kind of bow do you use?

Re: I am jealous

[bend-gules.livejournal.com]

It's a longbow that I bought at a reenactor's fair.
It's a laminate of hickory and lemonwood designed to look just like a yew bow, w/ natural laminations.
It's about 40 lbs at 28", so maybe 35lbs at my draw. I love it to pieces. :-)