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Sir Gerard de Rodes

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A new lord at Caerphilly castle !!
« on: 2011-11-15, 19:13:31 »
I am absolutely extatic...... ;D ;D
Lady Joanne and myself have been asked to occupy the Lords chambers in the great eastern gatehouse at Caerphilly castle, during the weekend of their Christmas festival.
We will be able to live in and dress the room with all our medieval furniture and trappings that we usually try to cram into our tent, and help bring the place to life.
The rest of our group are setting up an encampment, along with a few more specially selected groups, in the inner and outer baileys, to provide realism and entertainment for the guests over the weekend of the towns medieval christmas festival and market.

I`m so excited, I think i need the garderobe.... :o

http://www.castlewales.com/caerphil.html



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Re: A new lord at Caerphilly castle !!
« Reply #1 on: 2011-11-15, 20:31:18 »

Very cool, congrats!
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Re: A new lord at Caerphilly castle !!
« Reply #2 on: 2011-11-15, 23:23:51 »
wow awesome. caeraphilly was my favorite castle when i visited England. congrats!!
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Re: A new lord at Caerphilly castle !!
« Reply #3 on: 2011-11-16, 01:39:44 »
That's great!  Do post pics after, please
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Re: A new lord at Caerphilly castle !!
« Reply #4 on: 2011-11-16, 10:49:40 »
Awesome! Definitely get some pics.
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Re: A new lord at Caerphilly castle !!
« Reply #5 on: 2011-11-16, 16:10:03 »
Wow...you've got a real plum assignment there, Sir Gerard.  Pics...lots of them.  :)
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Sir Gerard de Rodes

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Re: A new lord at Caerphilly castle !!
« Reply #6 on: 2011-11-16, 16:50:32 »
I`ll try my best to get photographs but we try not to get the camera out in front of the MOPs.  ;)
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Re: A new lord at Caerphilly castle !!
« Reply #7 on: 2011-11-16, 17:06:03 »
Quote from: Sir Gerard de Rodes on 2011-11-16, 16:50:32
I`ll try my best to get photographs but we try not to get the camera out in front of the MOPs.  ;)
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I understand. But of course, they LOVE it when you bring out a phone or something. Every time I'm in armor and I need to use my phone, people start taking my picture like crazy....

"OMG there's a knight using a phone!"
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Sir Gerard de Rodes

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Re: A new lord at Caerphilly castle !!
« Reply #8 on: 2011-11-16, 19:58:39 »
Quote from: Sir Edward on 2011-11-16, 17:06:03
Quote from: Sir Gerard de Rodes on 2011-11-16, 16:50:32
I`ll try my best to get photographs but we try not to get the camera out in front of the MOPs.  ;)
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I understand. But of course, they LOVE it when you bring out a phone or something. Every time I'm in armor and I need to use my phone, people start taking my picture like crazy....

"OMG there's a knight using a phone!"

LMAO. That`s so true, or when you have a coke can in your hand lol  ::)
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Re: A new lord at Caerphilly castle !!
« Reply #9 on: 2011-11-17, 15:40:22 »
Congratulations! What a wonderful opportunity for you and your group! Can't wait to see the photos! :)
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Re: A new lord at Caerphilly castle !!
« Reply #10 on: 2011-11-17, 22:41:16 »
Congratulations, Sir Gerard. Hopefully you can sneak in some pics when the MOPS aren't around!
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Re: A new lord at Caerphilly castle !!
« Reply #11 on: 2011-11-18, 04:02:02 »
Congats!  That is sooo cool!  Have a GREAT time!
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Re: A new lord at Caerphilly castle !!
« Reply #12 on: 2011-12-14, 21:33:36 »
Lady Joanne and I had a fantastic weekend as the lord and Lady of the castle. We were even asked to portray the Lord and lady Gilbert De Clare to welcome the guests for the Illuminata shows and medieval banquets in the great hall.
Once the room was dressed it looked fantastic ( even though I say so myself) and was surprisingly warm, once all the external doors were closed lol.
The fayre was a great success and we had a great time with friends old and new.
There are a few poor quality photo`s, that I tried to take of the room here; http://s230.photobucket.com/upload/albums/JOBO_028/?location=Caerphilly+Christmas+2011

The lighting was so hard to capture.

We had a friend take some better quality photo`s that I will place in photobucket as soon as he has processed them all. Some are on Facebook already.

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Re: A new lord at Caerphilly castle !!
« Reply #13 on: 2011-12-14, 21:40:06 »
A couple of the better photo`s are now on our photobucket page.....
http://s230.photobucket.com/albums/ee200/JOBO_028/Caerphilly%20Christmas%202011/

I especially like the one of my daughter Caralee praying.  ;)
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Re: A new lord at Caerphilly castle !!
« Reply #14 on: 2011-12-15, 02:22:21 »
You're living my dream, Sir Gerard!  Looks like you had blast!
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