Spring has sprung...

Seabeck Elementary School

Did a school demo on Tuesday, the first ever for the Warhorse Guild! Gordon gave a talk on knights & armor, as the kids are doing their Medieval section right now, I guess. We armored Gordon up, then he kept talking while I rode back and forth behind him tapping the quintain on Gryphon. It being western Washington, the rain came on schedule and we cut things short, but the kids were about at the end of their attention spans anyway. I think it went over pretty well!

Oh, the observant will notice that the horses have no bridles. This is for a very important technical reason .... which is that we forgot them. The boys being such vets, it didn't matter and they performed fine without them.

Spring at Tilbury

Tilbury Camp - Sept. '06

Do we know how to do it right or what? Another slam-bang weekend at Tilbury camp! We had over 25 folks from the Academia della Spada alone! We played, we ate, we sang, we danced (well, some of us danced).

There was jousting, English Backsword, archery, and pike drill. Probably other things as well. Needless to say, we'll continue doing this...

Rapheal models his new helmet ornament (oops!).

School of the Renaissance Soldier '06

The School of the Renaissance Soldier: Actions of the Lowe Countries II, held near Sacramento California this past weekend was a resounding success despite the rain and weather. We had 86 participants this year, along with 20 horses! Above is a picture of the Troop of Horse on the March. More pictures as they come in!

Gordon