rousing success of a day event in Queen Elizabeth's hunting lodge
We had a very charming, and satisfying time last weekend - a day event at a historic site, within our shire borders, accessible by public transit,
...with excellent food cooked over the fire, crafts breaking out all over, some dance, some fencing,
...some beautiful weather (on a holiday weekend! the apocalypse is nigh) and the royal presence.
The event steward Elias de Lynn received his AoA, to great cheers - well deserved and well received by the attendees, who were struggling to reach the table over their own wonderfully filled bellies.
Hard to improve on, especially for our first visit.
We got on well with the site managers, invited them to dinner, and they seemed quite happy with us. We're floating the idea of crashing in the modern building adjascent (heated, has a tea kitchen, AND a shower!)...and if you prefer, you can book a room at the hotel next door. The pub is ok, serving Tetleys and London Pride, so we could cope.
I've already had one person sidle up to me to talk about an autumn event, which we'll have to shoehorn in between Raglan and Crown tourney, but it sounds very plausible. We would be very happy, I think, to start holding 2 events a year at this site.
It was also lovely to see Don Domin d'Alsace again, passing through en route to Nordmark for meetings, and Double Wars. He's been made Laurel, for 'divers arts', primarily swordsmithing and clothing, though I suspect his rich knowledge of historic fencing also influenced the Outlands circle. We had fine chats, and he recalled talking to larmer at last Pennsic, where Larmer had gone fencing, which was a wonderful shared connection.
He's looking forward to playing for the prefect's prize at Double Wars, drawing on his altitude training in Colorado for extra stamina. I hope he has as marvellous a time as I did at my last DW.
...with excellent food cooked over the fire, crafts breaking out all over, some dance, some fencing,
...some beautiful weather (on a holiday weekend! the apocalypse is nigh) and the royal presence.
The event steward Elias de Lynn received his AoA, to great cheers - well deserved and well received by the attendees, who were struggling to reach the table over their own wonderfully filled bellies.
Hard to improve on, especially for our first visit.
We got on well with the site managers, invited them to dinner, and they seemed quite happy with us. We're floating the idea of crashing in the modern building adjascent (heated, has a tea kitchen, AND a shower!)...and if you prefer, you can book a room at the hotel next door. The pub is ok, serving Tetleys and London Pride, so we could cope.
I've already had one person sidle up to me to talk about an autumn event, which we'll have to shoehorn in between Raglan and Crown tourney, but it sounds very plausible. We would be very happy, I think, to start holding 2 events a year at this site.
It was also lovely to see Don Domin d'Alsace again, passing through en route to Nordmark for meetings, and Double Wars. He's been made Laurel, for 'divers arts', primarily swordsmithing and clothing, though I suspect his rich knowledge of historic fencing also influenced the Outlands circle. We had fine chats, and he recalled talking to larmer at last Pennsic, where Larmer had gone fencing, which was a wonderful shared connection.
He's looking forward to playing for the prefect's prize at Double Wars, drawing on his altitude training in Colorado for extra stamina. I hope he has as marvellous a time as I did at my last DW.