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Sir Griff:
I looked over that site and over some of the results for a jousting tournament they held.  Lo and behold, Roy Cox won all three jousting categories and his wife came second in all categories as well. What a couple!

I don't really see the point of jousting in the first place if those two are around, since they're bound to win all categories.

Really impressive, but the requirements to join such a competition are...intimidating to say the least. Not to mention the costs of simply learning how to joust.

I think I'll stay with my branches and log piles. :P

Sir William:
I've gone riding on a few occasions with an old roommate of mine who was more avid about horses than I was at the time.  She gave me crash course on riding in the car; I was nervous at first but I had a calm mount.  Hers, unfortunately, was a good deal more spirited...even walked under a few low-lying branches to slap my roomie in her face...I laughed (silently).  But when she took off at a gallop, I had no idea mine would do the same so I got my first taste of a full-on gallop over an open plain quite by surprise- it was scary, exhilirating, and super cool (only because I managed to stay on and whole at the same time); consequently, it reignited my interest into all things sword- and knight-related.  We used to ride at this lil horse ranch in Chantilly, Va...I don't even know if they're there anymore, this is 10 years ago at least.

Its funny how the mundane stuff in life can get to be so much that your regular interests take a backseat to the dross.  Never again, I told myself...and never again it has been.  I came across a listing of an Equine Therapy place not far from my job...might start getting into that (if/when I can afford it) in lieu of one of my workout days.  Riding a horse is a workout in and of itself anyways.

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