Hey! I know them!

[stevieannie]

You know how I do medieval re-enactments? I'm always saying what nice people they are and so forth? Here's two of the most active members and what they did this weekend:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=481210&in_page_id=1770&in_a_source=

So happy for them!

Comments

[smallship1.livejournal.com]

We know the officiating clergyman as well, I think...

Nice to see the tradition we started is being kept up!

[eoforyth.livejournal.com]

I almost didn't recognise Tom officiating - I've been out of things far too long - and the last time I saw Lulworth Castle it had no roof or floors!

[clothsprogs.livejournal.com]

The wedding feast and the following dance was inside the castle (ground floor with the roof being the only ceiling)..It's lovely

Teddy

[eoforyth.livejournal.com]

It was nearly 20 years ago since I was inside there, and they were just talking about rebuilding (it had been a shell since it got burnt out in the 1920's) I've been back to the area, but everything changed when the Colonel died and his son inherited the Estate :(

[little-cinnamon.livejournal.com]

Hey! How cool! We've met Sian and played music with her - very spiffy indeed!

[rinioth.livejournal.com]

Brides dress and several other costumes made by Teddy I think too

[clothsprogs.livejournal.com]

Not the bride's - that was Meri (one of the bridesmaids) I did the bride's hair and made part of the Best Man's outfit (green velvet to the right of the happy couple in the crowd-scene)

Teddy

[antonia-tiger.livejournal.com]

I do hope the Bridal Can-opener was issued with all due ceremony.

(Back when I was hovering on the fringes of RoS fandom, there was talk of some book which described the process of taking off a knight's armour. Do I need to say more? Knight's Fee is a tile that lurks in the dusty corners of my mind, but that seems to be expensively out of print.)

[stevieannie.livejournal.com]

That's what a squire is for.

Most re-enactment knights (or "clankies" as they are affectionately titled) have a squire of some kind. It takes about 5 minutes to get armour off carefully. We've managed to get someone down to their braes in well under two minutes in cases of injury or heat stroke, though.

Jared squires for about three different knights on camp. He can even dodge armour when Rupert throws it at him! True squiring skills...

[clothsprogs.livejournal.com]

He has the requisite amount of determination no matter how hard one fothose straps resists his efforts to get it loose from a buckle.... Always a good quality in a squire.

And, rather him than me. As you know, I actively hate and avoid helping the clankies get into and out of their armour.

Teddy

[clothsprogs.livejournal.com]

{grin!}

He was out of the armour for the reception/feast and wearing a very nice short pale green and cream silk brocade houpellande which I might manage to steal form him at some point (and he has a rather nice black and gold doublet I have my eye on too....)

Teddy

[pbristow.livejournal.com]

Looks lovely! And actually a pretty positive bit of reporting, too.