See?
It is fantastically English and I love it. There is a lot of dressing up, sitting down, arguing with Squirrel about the lemon curd or the strawberry jam, then there is queuing in the rain, fussing, drinking warm beer, spilling cups of tea, and making observations about bottoms, cod pieces and the weather.
With a bit of Richard III thrown in.
And some medievals. Plague, probably.
And at the end of the day, with the griblets clutching their treasure (signed copy of Michelle Paver's Wolf or something) and me clutching mine (Lemon curd), we can go happy home. For today, we have seen history.
5 comments:
That sounds like an awful lot of fun. I'm glad you got to go. I'm sure I, as a Dutch woman, would have been very appreciative too. That's better than the Renaissance Fair, I think. It sounds very rousing.
What's not to love? We remember those days fondly too ;-)
So jealous.
I love this event! It always amuses me seeing a mix of Vikings, Tudors, WWII etc queueing up for the porta-loos!
thank you for your comments people! Shackleton wasn't there this year, was he? i didn't see him. But the pirates seem to be growing in number. and it would be great to see more native american indians, ottoman turks, bengal lancers...
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