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Main => The Round Table => Topic started by: Sir Gerard de Rodes on 2011-11-15, 19:13:31
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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 (http://www.castlewales.com/caerphil.html)
illuminata 2010 - Behind the Scenes / Tu ol i'r Llenni (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3JrR3QhDX8#ws)
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Very cool, congrats!
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wow awesome. caeraphilly was my favorite castle when i visited England. congrats!!
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That's great! Do post pics after, please
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Awesome! Definitely get some pics.
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Wow...you've got a real plum assignment there, Sir Gerard. Pics...lots of them. :)
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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`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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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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Congratulations! What a wonderful opportunity for you and your group! Can't wait to see the photos! :)
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Congratulations, Sir Gerard. Hopefully you can sneak in some pics when the MOPS aren't around!
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Congats! That is sooo cool! Have a GREAT time!
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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 (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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A couple of the better photo`s are now on our photobucket page.....
http://s230.photobucket.com/albums/ee200/JOBO_028/Caerphilly%20Christmas%202011/ (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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You're living my dream, Sir Gerard! Looks like you had blast!
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wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
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Man, that's fantastic!
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Just gonna throw this out there ... any interest in adopting a 32 year old son who would follow you around to all of the cool stuff you get to do? :D
Great pictures!
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Lol. Like I've said before, if any of you manage to get over here when we have a gig, you would be more than welcome to come along.
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Sounds like an invite to me!!! :)
Great pics, Sir Gerard. Nothing like lording it over the mops to make one feel alive!
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That looked awesome. Definitely a little jealous.
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My Lords, Ladies, honored knights and brethren of the order, It is that time of year again.
Your most humble servant, Lord Gerard De Rodes, and his most gracious family, have been summoned by the young king, Richard II, to be the custodians of the castle at Caerphilly near the boarders of England and Wales, In sole duty to keep the peace during the yuletide festivities and market granted to this town by the crown.
There will be many lords, ladies and knights in attendance during this time, many of those being from the Freemen of Gwent ( a troublesome lot if ever there was ).
The rooms of this great fortress are to be brought to life again with the warmth of friendship and good tidings, the light of candle and fire, the sound of merriment, fun and youth, and the clash of sword upon armour and weapon upon flesh !!.
The Caerphilly Christmas market will be a wash with local produce and historical items.. Enough to keep the population of the town amused and teased of their hard earned pennies.
Wish us well dear brethren, as I have the kings will and pleasure to uphold ( you all know how hard that is ).
Your ever faithful servant, With the highest regards,
Lord Gerard de Rodes.
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Please make sure to once again employ the evil magician who used some form of pagan devilry to capture all of the images of your last stay at the castle so that your American brothers may live vicariously through this amazing opportunity! Can't wait to see the pics this year!
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Huzzah and congratulations Sir Gerard! Truly the populace is well blessed to behold such finery and authenticity with thy presence! Concur with Sir Ian’s request for many those wondrous images captured of this most auspicious event! :)
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Please make sure to once again employ the evil magician who used some form of pagan devilry to capture all of the images of your last stay at the castle so that your American brothers may live vicariously through this amazing opportunity! Can't wait to see the pics this year!
Seconded, with extra emphasis on "living vicariously"! Well wishes for the adventure!
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Wow...that's just plain awesome, Sir Gerard- we know you will discharge your duties to the utmost, Brother!
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The attending lords ladies, and good people of the Freemen of Gwent and the fearsome archers of Meibion y Ddraig, managed to bring life to these old grey walls.
Everyone pulled out all the stops to make the weekend a great success.
The rooms of the Great East gatehouse looked amazing, populated with all the furniture and every day items from 4 great families.
The archers took place in one of the lower garrison rooms and we had an armory set up in the other.
The Freemen`s tourney display was a popular attraction on both days, ending ,as usual, with myself as the English Lord and the Welsh commander, Cpt Nicholas Horton being shot at point blank range by the Welsh garrison archers.
My Daughter,the young Lady Caralee, was privilaged to be asked to be the attending dignitary for the weekend. This was in order to give our young lady visitors an interest in the events of the day. After all there is always plenty for young boys to get excited about what with all that armor, weapons and combat going on. I`ll never forget a little girls desperation to meet the princess, then the sheer expression of joy in her voice when she proudly announced that she had found her and met her and was suggesting that she should return to the king for Xmas .... lol
As requested, gentlemen, our good sheriff managed to find some time between visits from the MOPs to deploy his magic painting box to capture some images for everyone's delight.
http://s637.beta.photobucket.com/user/RubySage/library/Caerphilly%20Castle%20December%202011/Caerphilly%20Castle%20Christmas%20%20%202012 (http://s637.beta.photobucket.com/user/RubySage/library/Caerphilly%20Castle%20December%202011/Caerphilly%20Castle%20Christmas%20%20%202012)
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Excellent stuff! What an awesome experience this must be. Looks you all had a great time! Thank you for sharing the photos again, I'm sure all of the fellas here are green with envy!
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Looks like fun! :D
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Awesome indeed! Am I seeing this right - they're firing arrows at you??
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Wow, amazing as always! I can't imagine a better setting!
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Yes Sir James they are "shooting" at us.
In European re-enactment it has been decided that as long as the archers use a bow of less than 40lb draw weight that they can shoot at live targets using re-enactment blunt arrows, or as they are commonly known, "red heads".
Lob or drop shots across a battle field are acceptable as long as every participant is wearing a helm.
Flat or point blank shooting is acceptable when the target is fully armored and wearing a fully visored helm.
When they hit a fleshy bit it still hurts :o
Once, a rubber tip/red head broke off as it hit the conical snout of my houndskull and the rest of the arrow got wedged into the ocular of the visor. Because I scrunch myself up in my helm and armor against the onslaught of arrows,I hadn`t realized what had happened. The Archers stopped shooting and the audience laughed at the arrow protruding from my face, I tilted my visor to see what they were laughing at and they laughed even more because now the arrow was sticking out of the top of my head. When I eventually realized what had happened, I blessed the day I had bought a helm with very narrow eye slits ;)
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lol!! i have one of the english longbows that have the 35 lb draw weight to "shoot" at other reenactors. mine came from england actually :)
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Yes Sir James they are "shooting" at us.
In European re-enactment it has been decided that as long as the archers use a bow of less than 40lb draw weight that they can shoot at live targets using re-enactment blunt arrows, or as they are commonly known, "red heads".
Lob or drop shots across a battle field are acceptable as long as every participant is wearing a helm.
Flat or point blank shooting is acceptable when the target is fully armored and wearing a fully visored helm.
When they hit a fleshy bit it still hurts :o
Once, a rubber tip/red head broke off as it hit the conical snout of my houndskull and the rest of the arrow got wedged into the ocular of the visor. Because I scrunch myself up in my helm and armor against the onslaught of arrows,I hadn`t realized what had happened. The Archers stopped shooting and the audience laughed at the arrow protruding from my face, I tilted my visor to see what they were laughing at and they laughed even more because now the arrow was sticking out of the top of my head. When I eventually realized what had happened, I blessed the day I had bought a helm with very narrow eye slits ;)
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Wow, that could have gone horribly wrong! Thank god for houndskull bascinets!! :)
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Yes Sir James they are "shooting" at us.
In European re-enactment it has been decided that as long as the archers use a bow of less than 40lb draw weight that they can shoot at live targets using re-enactment blunt arrows, or as they are commonly known, "red heads".
Lob or drop shots across a battle field are acceptable as long as every participant is wearing a helm.
Flat or point blank shooting is acceptable when the target is fully armored and wearing a fully visored helm.
When they hit a fleshy bit it still hurts :o
Once, a rubber tip/red head broke off as it hit the conical snout of my houndskull and the rest of the arrow got wedged into the ocular of the visor. Because I scrunch myself up in my helm and armor against the onslaught of arrows,I hadn`t realized what had happened. The Archers stopped shooting and the audience laughed at the arrow protruding from my face, I tilted my visor to see what they were laughing at and they laughed even more because now the arrow was sticking out of the top of my head. When I eventually realized what had happened, I blessed the day I had bought a helm with very narrow eye slits ;)
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Wow, that could have gone horribly wrong! Thank god for houndskull bascinets!! :)
Wow, indeed! Besides, it's the wrong period for a King Harold impersonation! :)
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Yes Sir James they are "shooting" at us.
In European re-enactment it has been decided that as long as the archers use a bow of less than 40lb draw weight that they can shoot at live targets using re-enactment blunt arrows, or as they are commonly known, "red heads".
Lob or drop shots across a battle field are acceptable as long as every participant is wearing a helm.
Flat or point blank shooting is acceptable when the target is fully armored and wearing a fully visored helm.
When they hit a fleshy bit it still hurts :o
Once, a rubber tip/red head broke off as it hit the conical snout of my houndskull and the rest of the arrow got wedged into the ocular of the visor. Because I scrunch myself up in my helm and armor against the onslaught of arrows,I hadn`t realized what had happened. The Archers stopped shooting and the audience laughed at the arrow protruding from my face, I tilted my visor to see what they were laughing at and they laughed even more because now the arrow was sticking out of the top of my head. When I eventually realized what had happened, I blessed the day I had bought a helm with very narrow eye slits ;)
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Well there's a part of re-enacting I hope to avoid. Glad you both escaped injury and entertained at the same time. :)
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lol chickens.... yellow bellys!!
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Well I finally had some free moments to look at your photo album and what an excellent event you and your group participate in! Oh someday I hope to make it across the pond to see it with mine own eyes! :)
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I tell you, you fellows across the pond know how to have a good time! I mean, we do too- but it looks like more of you do. :)
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Well it`s that time of year again brethren. Fingers crossed for fine winter weather and plenty of MOPs.
As an added bonus a couple of our members and close friends have birthdays near to the weekend so we have been given permission to use the great hall for our surprise celebratory banquet.
Once again I will try to get some photo`s
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Wow, Thats the king of thing one can only hope for, Congratulations
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Well it`s that time of year again brethren. Fingers crossed for fine winter weather and plenty of MOPs.
As an added bonus a couple of our members and close friends have birthdays near to the weekend so we have been given permission to use the great hall for our surprise celebratory banquet.
Once again I will try to get some photo`s
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Now that will be a surprise party to remember! Have a wonderful time!
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Oh man, that sounds like tons of fun! Have a great time! :D
Also, dumb question: what is a MOP? (other than a thing used to clean the floor....)
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Have fun, and revel in our envy. We'll be waiting, somewhat patiently, for pictures. :)
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Also, dumb question: what is a MOP? (other than a thing used to clean the floor....)
I forget what it stands for, but he means the regular every-day, unwashed mass sort of people. The muggles, or "danes" as we call them locally. :)
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(M)embers (O)f the (P)ublic
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(M)embers (O)f the (P)ublic
;) :)
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(M)embers (O)f the (P)ublic
;) :)
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It's actually, in a way, more polite than our local term. "Dane" is short for "mundane", abbreviated in a way to intentionally make it sound like we're just calling them foreigners. ;) The term predates my getting to know lots of other rennies, so I don't know who coined it.
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Did someone say "Dane"??? ;D
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Did someone say "Dane"??? ;D
lol, yeah, the term "dane" in this context goes back a long way. At least 15 years, since I first heard it.
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Jealous for life. Next time you do something like this don't be afraid to look me up lol. Very very cool.