An excellent weekend was had by all in a lovely location. The castle grounds housed a large living history encampment with the member households of Livery and Maintenance, with a wide variety of activities and items to be seen.
Horses Contessa and Boreas were not with us this weekend, but they did contribute generously to the building of a medieval kiln, built by Sir William Gascoigne's Fellowship, made of a willow frame surrounded by clay mixed with straw and horse dung.
Nesfield's activities were cleaner and sweeter smelling - including painting, embroidery, leather work, rush hat making, making lucet cord and candle dipping as well as a weaponry display, archery and participation in arena displays.
An excellent social weekend as well, catching up with old friends, reminiscing on our exploits in Archeon historical theme park in Holland, and enjoying a trip to the local Mexican restaurant on Saturday evening.
Thanks to Louis Richardson for the pictures in this post.
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