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Ren Faire Dates - 2008
Sir Edward:
I added some pics here: http://ed.toton.org/cgi-bin/gallery.pl?year=2008&gallery=faire (you'll have to scroll past the North Caroline shots, of course). :)
The day worked out very well, excluding the huge traffic delay in the morning (an 18-wheeler burnt to the ground). It was great to get a chance to take the new sword out for a spin, not to mention the new crest + torse + mantle, that I managed to finish up to the point of being functional in a fit of creativity last night.
I hope everyone had a great time!
Das Bill:
Yeah, it was fun. Its been a while since I've been to a faire, so it was nice to go to a small one, and on such a nice day.
Sir Brian, it was a pleasure to finally meet you and your lady.
Today was the first time I'd worn my harness for an extended period of time... I have to say, the Revival Clothing arming cotte and hosen breathed far better than I'd realized. Despite being in the sun all day, I didn't so much as sweat underneath it all. (except underneath the wool hat... but better sweat than sunburnt!) It just goes to show you how important it is to wear the appropriate clothing underneath. I was very impressed with how comfortable I remained all day. Well, until it was time to use the porta-john, that is! At that point it was near the end of the day, so I just went back to the car and took the armour off, threw on my regular silk cotte (also Revival Clothing), and wore that for the last part of the day. Strangley, the armour didn't feel significantly warmer than the cotte did.
I'm a dummy, and didn't bring my camera, so I'll rely on Ed and Pamela to post pictures.
Sir Brian:
Yes! Rosemary and I had a great time and it was great putting faces to names
(so to speak) ;)
Sorry we couldn't have met you and your family Sir Wolf but hopefully in the near
future.
Here are some of our pictures...
http://s221.photobucket.com/albums/dd251/Tah908/VARF/
By the way SwordChick, Rosemary and I both agree that your husband
has an uncanny resemblance to Steven Spielberg!
;D
It was really great time and I'm deeply honored and greatly privileged to call
you all friends! Can't wait to do it again! - MDRF perhaps? ;D
Sir Edward:
I too was a dummy with regards to the camera. I kept forgetting to pull it out and take pictures, so most of the shots I have are from handing it off to someone else. So I'm sorry to say I really only had shots of myself and my lovely Lady Katherine.
Great pictures, Sir Brian! Mind if I steal one or two to add to my kit-photo page?
I love this profile shot: http://s221.photobucket.com/albums/dd251/Tah908/VARF/?action=view¤t=08VARF_032.jpg
And this is a good photo of Bill, I think: http://s221.photobucket.com/albums/dd251/Tah908/VARF/?action=view¤t=08VARF_029.jpg
I think part of why we didn't feel we were sweating very much was that the air was dry and it evaporated quickly. I should have drank more water. I'm only now getting over the headache I started getting on the drive home from the faire. Still, I've done worse. :)
Definitely looking forward to MDRF this year, as always! :)
Sir Wolf:
wow, great great pictures. i'll look so lame next to u guys at the MDRF :( hehehe
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