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Colchester Again
Jun. 9th, 2015 09:03 amLast weekend I went to Colchester again to go to the Colchester Medieval Fayre with the same group of fandom friends I went last year. The only change being one of them has moved back to Colchester and is now living in the house with our host from last year. Which meant I got to sleep on the settee this year.
Nothing else much had changed. We still ate pizza and drank Pimms (all the Pimms). This year we had couscous (all the couscous) - we ate it for two days and left plenty for the two housemates, probably for the rest of the week. I took the wrong washbag and had to buy myself a toothbrush - refusing to pay silly money for an overnight brush I ended up with a child's toothbrush (blue, I wasn't having the pink - some things never change). We talked - we had thought of watching a DVD one evening, but we talked late on Friday night, and until 11 (early for us) on Saturday since we were all worn out.
Contrary to our normal wet visits to Colchester, the sun shone all day, with sufficient of a breeze to keep cool. The fair was fascinating again - we learnt about sling shots and trebuchets. We strolled around the stalls. This year I didn't buy as much, but I do now have a lovely wooden acorn keyring. They had a lot of beautiful jewellry, but since I tend to wear things for a couple of weeks and then forget to put them on buying jewellry never seems worthwhile.
The local cider was delicious and the hog roast was excellent. There was a stall selling awesome cupcakes, which we were forced to try.
Once again we tried shooting arrows from crossbows and longbows. I'm not accurate, but if I was in Henry V's squad of archers faced with oncoming cavalery I would shoot and hit something. I just wouldn't qualify as Robin Hood.
So a brilliant weekend with brilliant friends.
Nothing else much had changed. We still ate pizza and drank Pimms (all the Pimms). This year we had couscous (all the couscous) - we ate it for two days and left plenty for the two housemates, probably for the rest of the week. I took the wrong washbag and had to buy myself a toothbrush - refusing to pay silly money for an overnight brush I ended up with a child's toothbrush (blue, I wasn't having the pink - some things never change). We talked - we had thought of watching a DVD one evening, but we talked late on Friday night, and until 11 (early for us) on Saturday since we were all worn out.
Contrary to our normal wet visits to Colchester, the sun shone all day, with sufficient of a breeze to keep cool. The fair was fascinating again - we learnt about sling shots and trebuchets. We strolled around the stalls. This year I didn't buy as much, but I do now have a lovely wooden acorn keyring. They had a lot of beautiful jewellry, but since I tend to wear things for a couple of weeks and then forget to put them on buying jewellry never seems worthwhile.
The local cider was delicious and the hog roast was excellent. There was a stall selling awesome cupcakes, which we were forced to try.
Once again we tried shooting arrows from crossbows and longbows. I'm not accurate, but if I was in Henry V's squad of archers faced with oncoming cavalery I would shoot and hit something. I just wouldn't qualify as Robin Hood.
So a brilliant weekend with brilliant friends.
