Arriving At Warwick Castle on a beautiful thursday evening we set up camp, along with the rest of the households from Livery and Maintenance.
Each of the four days was packed with activities both on camp and inside the Castle; bill drill, archery, fire power demonstrations and battles.
In the Nesfield camp Paul ran hands on weaponry displays, Kevin demonstrated his artistic abilities, Julie and Eve spent time repairing garments and producing all manner of points, pouches and lucet cords. Gary completed the leatherwork on his long-awaited maille standard. Claire spent time between candle dipping as well as cooking, which was much appreciated by all.
During the battle each day Martyn riding Contessa seemed to take a dislike to Captain Ben and ran him down each day, at the gallop, with a Lance. Whilst Ben was being skewered, Kevin, Will and Gary took part in the battle as archers. Miranda did a grand job of keeping all the beasts (two and four legged) under control all weekend.
Horses Boreas and Contessa (shown here posing with Martyn and Leslie in front of Warwick's magnificent trebuchet) were delighted to be taken on their first "holiday" of the year. The rest of the group, likewise, were happy to meet up for the first event of the season and spent the evenings socialising over curry and beer.
The event was well attended by the public, who enjoyed the re-enactment alongside some new attractions offered by Warwick Castle.
With thanks to Mark Tarver from the Clarence Household for the photographs in this post.
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