Posts Tagged Medieval Events

Tourney, skill at arms and a large period market in the heart of Colchester.
Look out for my green, black and white striped tent
More info here

The oldest and largest medieval festival in Britain with a huge battle reenactment and large market.
Look out us in our new tent in pitch G2.
More info

http://www.englishtournamentsociety.co.uk/

As usual the last few months have been busy with events and school holidays and I haven’t had much time to blog. So, here  is tour around my summer in yays and boos: (more…)

I returned from Herstmonceux Medieval Festival yesterday afternoon. After a rather quicker journey (including a pub lunch) than on the outward leg, which took 6 hours thanks to one of the tyres on the trailer disintegrating en route. (more…)

Herstmonceux, E.Sussex

http://www.firejoust.co.uk
Porthkerry, S.Wales

Bank Holidays, eh?  The eagerly anticipated long weekends when you can guarantee everything will go pear-shaped. The weather is so inevitably awful that even the newscasters state  “Well, it’s the Bank Holiday” with wry acceptance. ‘Plans’ are a misnomer that should really be acknowledged as simply ‘wishful thinking’.  Between the weather and the inevitable travel chaos, like lemmings thousands attempt to migrate only to find themselves stuck immobile for hours due to road/rail works, accidents, volume of traffic, strikes and the odd act of gods, who are obviously a bit pressed for something to do on the Bank Holiday themselves. (more…)