Pleasant Saturday afternoon in the
Park by the river. Pub lunch first, then march thru town, then
Battle then more pub then Indian (for those that
stayed)
Basing House :7 - 9th
April
Sunny
day, olde-worlde location. Hot march from the pub, uphill
battle on the old site, then march back to the pub. Some
injuries here - too enthusiastic?
Shelford Pk, Guildford : 16th
April
(Contributions
welcome)
Berkeley Castle, Glos. : 29th April - 1st
May
Had it all,
- Hot sunny weather , spectacular Battle location in original Castle
grounds, spectacular night attack with flaming pike and
cannons.
Campsite was fine, local village was close and
we had nearby pubs and take-outs. They even gave us all
a tour of the house
!!
Wetherby, Yorkshire : 28-29
May
Both Guards displays and Major
battles - was this hard work.? But we do look sweet in our
finery.
Nice location, great weather, long, long march from camp
to battlefield but great campsite & great beer-tent.
Wetherby town was close and nice too!!
Did we have an unexpected
visitor? !
Ringwood,
Hampshire : 8-9th July
Interesting town, though dubious
campsite. Pub lunch, march through town then good
battle.
Major battle set in the grounds of
a large stately home. Great weather, great turn-out, great
camp site, great beer-tent, and great band. Pity
there wasnt much of an audience - and as 'Scots' we all
got slaughtered at the end !
Southwell : 27
-28th August
Major battle set on the Southwell
racecourse. Miles from the town, a campsite as packed as a
refugee camp, and distinctly dubious 'beer-tent' .
But the weather was great and the
battles magnificent ! We had to lie down at the end as there
was no-one left to fight us and we had taken the field !!! - (
even though we were supposed to lose
).
