I am keen to host a craft day / weekend to do some outdoorsy things but when would be best for this? I assume beginning of term so its not too close to exams but it would be warmer if we waited.

Do we want to have separate feast and fire one almighty fireast?

What else do we want to do?

Another possibility is a film night. I am not sure if Wychwood has seen these before but my suggestions would be the Sword of Xanten (although it is quite long), Viking Women and the Sea Serpent or The Vikings.

Is anyone else interested in doing the same? In particular, this might be of interest to couples/others who've had some particular house in the past which they think needs some fixing. (And of course be inspired by what the Poles did to theirs (the one slightly outside the village)!)

Just to remind you, I think the dates are 1st - 6th of April (Thursday - Tuesday over Easter), and so Jemma and I are planning to go up on the 30th of March.

Pppppppppppppp

Pppppppppppppp

http://www.infowars.com/police-brutality-in-pittsburgh-after-the-g20/

I've never seen them form interlocking shieldwalls either, I think generally their shields are too small and they don't need to because they're generally not actually under attack. Anyone know if this occurs in modern day shieldwalls at all?

Different force, but I know the MET don't pull their blows :(. Maybe I could train them to be pacifist combatants? Dunno how long they'd have held Senlac hill with <s>hippies</s> domestic extremists like us holding it:

1:37 - http://london.indymedia.org.uk/videos/993

I thought I wouldn't vent on the maillist full of freshers :)

I know almost nothing about the subject, as I have studied Viking women and history much more. The idea is that the new nun will be a contemporary of my Viking woman, Ingibjorg, originating from the area where Ingibjorg now lives, but with very different attitudes.

I've created a page on the wiki for notes/research/reading list.

http://wychwood.wikidot.com/kit-nun-character

I've had a sneaky peek and see that the fire is on the 30th October. Don't suppose I could be a-borrowing some floorspace that night to allow me to come along, get happily merry and shout "BEAR!" at various moments throughout the singing?

Pros:
- In my opinion at least, Freshers' BP is an excellent first event and if you do it right it can show all aspects of WW (i.e. make people come in shiny kit with weapons and possibly doing brief kit presentation in pub + drinking…)
- It is before the freshers may have forgotten all about us
- It means freshers get more BPs in their term (and if we keep freshers BP as first event, but shift it to 2nd week, then more of everything else too)
- It means less no re-jigging of the termcard to acommodate craft day etc

Cons:
- Paul Witty may not be able to come (woof!)
- We don't get to go to Hastings on the Sunday/if we do go on the Saturday we might be very tired

Freshers' BP on Sunday of 2nd week

Pros:
- We get to go to Hastings whenever we like, or at least when Ferny likes.
- Might possibly mean freshers are less busy? But who can genuinely say they better things to do on any Sunday afternoon than swordfight?
- We (probably) get Paul Witty

Cons:
- If we keep the other freshers events where they are we'll need to make a massive effort to keep people. Generally I think we might lose some of the fighters who just want to get into it straight away. Crafty people are usually more patient. Also, all freshers may have forgotten we exist by then
- Messy re-jigging of termcard last minute causes new committee lots of stress

Some alternatives
- Create a new uber freshers event - but this has to be uber - so we can go to Hastings.
- Have Freshers BP on Saturday of 0th
- Forget any of this ever happened…

So I know this is not an exhaustive list if you can think of anything that needs to be added, add away… Also if you can give brief indications of the way you may be going that would be good. Sorry if this is being too organisey for an ex-president but I think we need to decide by tomorrow (Thursday) at latest. If there is no decision by then, the committee will just have to decide.

P.S. Last year DAS Murton Park clashed with Freshers' BP. I told everyone they couldn't go. This is not necessarily the solution for Hastings but I'm just saying don't be afraid to just make a decision.

Note that some events at the end of term (Punting and Brewing and Pub Invasion) might be moved round, depending on when people finish. Especially Sam for the Brewery, as it's his idea! Also, brewery will need drivers…

Can people tell us their dates of last exams?

http://www.oskorei.co.uk/spring-banquet

I'll be going up on the Saturday morning via public transport - if you want to do the same, I could meet people at Bristol Temple Meads.

The trip will only happen if enough people want to go (say at least 5), but I think it will be ace. So read the
info, and see if you can come along!

Dates: 8-10 May 2009.

https://www.yha.org.uk/find-accommodation/heart-of-england/hostels/St-Briavels/index.aspx
http://www.cadw.wales.gov.uk/default.asp?id=6&lang=placestovisit

Total cost of the trip should be £70-£80, which includes two nights B&B (Friday and Saturday), weekend pass for CADW sites (CADW = English Heritics
in Wales), minibus & fuel. Plus a few quid each for self-cook suppers. We can make supper on Saturday into a mini-feast by wearing kit!
Alternatively they are doing a medieval banquet in the castle but it would be an extra £15 per head…I kind of fancy saving my money for BEER but it's
up to you!!!

The hostel is licensed, so while we can't bring our own booze into the hostel, we can buy local beer and cider there. Also there is a pub just by
the castle.

We have provisionally booked some beds but we need to give them more definite numbers by 7th Feb, and put down a 25% deposit to secure the
places. After that, there may or may not be spaces available so if you want to come, it's best to book in by 7 Feb! The hostel is likely to be full that
weekend so we need to bag our places well in advance.

There is a £3 per night surcharge for beds if we are not members of the YHA: a group membership would cost £25 so if there are 5 or more of us,
that's the cheapest option and would also allow WW to do additional YHA trips to later in the year.

Some ex-wwers have expressed an interest in an occasional update in what's going on but do not want the general clutter of the list. This list would be set up PURELY FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT WANT TO REGULARLY ATTEND WYCHWOOD (i.e. it won't tell you venues of kit making etc)

It would:
- Send 1 email a term giving the dates of the fire, feast and perhaps one or two other interesting events (eg market, mystery trip)
- Inform people about special out of the ordinary events such as the upcoming trip to St Briavels, as well as the dates for York and Tintagel

It would NOT:
- Have any so called 'SPAM' or emails from anyone other than the committee
- Always contain precise details about events

Why this is a good idea:
- It would make feast organisation etc easier
- We would not alienate some of the old gits
- We would have more old gits at the bigger events which might be nice :D

Why this is a bad idea:
- Current wychwood members may join this list and therefore not know about regular wychwood meetings - more work for committee?
- Involves complex admin and setting up, which I have no idea how to do.

PLEASE DISCUSS, COMMENT, ARGUE, TELL ME I'M VERY WRONG ETC

Also, what dates would be convenient? Obviously term time trumps holidays. Hauksby trumps museums. DAS would be a potential conflict. Exams might worry some people (like me), although they persistently don't seem to bother Hauksbians. Dates/range required.

Ferny

V el Presidente says: Aye.
Freya el not a university members says: Aye.
Ferny el Old Git says: Aye Aye.

That's quorum (meh, might be), and president says so, so there. I think more members are always a good thing, and inclusiveness is something which I pride Wychwood on.

Possible problems so far suggested:
whether it would affect the University's public liability insurance policy for societies (Freya)
location of future events (V).

People can post here if they agree, but all we really need to know (quite urgently) is if anyone disagrees, how strongly, and why.

But the power of free speech presented to us by the internet could topple our glorious dictatorship. If you object, say. Your views may be considered ;).

Ferny

Hopefully:
Hannah
Zack
Bunni
V (el presidente)

I'll update this list as people email me, or if you post below.

Ferny

I haven't been able to find a place for Sam's brewery trip but if anyone has any ideas how we can fit it in please do tell me.

Could people like Witty (with regards to hard crafts and coppicing), Ferny (with regards to coppicing) and Shelagh (with regards to Mystery trip and lots of things) especially give feedback.

Also Pppp because he's German and fun

Interesting use of modern tech :)

Hi, I hope this is the right contact! Are the Wychwood Warriors still active and do you support local fetes?
The Shipton under Wychwood fete next August 29 is raising money for a new children's playground in the village and a dark ages re-enactment would be a marvellous attraction for the younger (and older ) members of the community!
We are based in the Wychwoods, hence the interest, and I'm sure we can come up with a historic local conflict worthy of recreation!
Please let me know if this is a possibilty and how we might organise something with you.
Mike Watson

so who's interested? I am.

I've been playing with bits of paper, a ruler and a compass (always fun for the Nump), and have reached the following conclusions;
Standard ply sheets are 244mm by 122mm
They cost £20 from B&Q; probably cheaper from Jewsons.
You can get 3 big (just under 800mm diameter, my big white shield) from one sheet, as well as 6 bucklers (400mm diameter). So £5-6 for a biggie, 50p-£1 for a small.
You can also get 6 small (640mm diameter, a bit bigger than Robyn's) along with a couple of large bucklers (460mm). So £3-£3.50 each?
You can also get 5 medium (780mm diameter, about my brown shield) plus a couple of bucklers. So about £4 each.
We would also need hod-loads of fabric- about £4 per metre for cotton or £5-6 for linen, which does seem to last better (pers. obs.). So add somewhere between £2 and £5 for fabric.
10l of PVA glue will set you back around £13
Doggy chew- prob best left to individuals as quite time consuming, and best done when all dry (glue and paint).
I'd aim to get all blanks cut and covered, and leave painting and doggy chew as homework/next 2 weeks.
So total cost in the region of;
Big shield- £12
Medium shield- £9
Small shield- £6
Buckler- £4

Still to buy- paint, Doggy chew (£3), tin tacks (or sew it on!), Boss (£6).
Total cost £20-£13

I don't know what Wychwood has in the way of paint, but I think it has some. A tin is around £6. If a couple of people wanted Hwitmearum colours instead, we could probably donate the paint. Hint hint. It's still the green, matches Freya, and gives you two sides for shows!

Hope it all makes sense and is useful. Does WW still have a jigsaw? If not, can anyone check the Quatermaster's stock-list inventory to see when/where it went?

I reckon it would be good to strengthen this link. Apart from it being a good social, we might be able to tempt more people to the society.

This may become a thread to organise, but atm it's just to announce the possibility. It would prob be best organised with one person delegated to liaise with rpgsoc.

ferny

Dear All,
The deadline for submitting articles for the next issue of the Journal of
the Oxford University History Society (JOUHS – issue 6, Michaelmas 2008) has
been extended to 17th November.
As usual, the editors are happy to consider research articles, essays, book
reviews, conference papers as well as reviews of exhibitions and conferences.
We also consider reports on ongoing research, in the form of snapshots of
research, and bibliographical checklists.
As we have decided to increasingly reflect the activities of the OUHS, we
are particularly interested in this occasion to receive proposals for
interviews or reports of the lectures scheduled by the society for this term,
including DAVID STARKEY (week 2), CHRISTOPHER BROWN (week 3), CLAIRE TOMALIN
(week 5), PHILIPPA GREGORY (week 6).
If you have not visited our journal before, do it now!
(http://jouhsinfo.googlepages.com)
The Journal of the Oxford University History Society was established by the
postgraduate community at Oxford as a medium for the publication and
dissemination of original and inter-disciplinary historical research. It is an
on-line peer-reviewed scholarly journal run by postgraduate students under the
aegis of the Oxford University History Society (OUHS). It aims to: reflect the
activities and interests of OUHS; establish scholarly links in the varied
community of historians at the University of Oxford; to serve as a discussion
forum for the international community of undergraduates, postgraduate students
and established academics. We welcome submissions from undergraduates,
graduates and scholars from both within and outside Oxford.
Best wishes,
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Co-editors JOUHS

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Shelagh posted this link to DAS:
http://www.kongensborge.dk/index_uk.php?pageid=seneste_nyt_uk

I think it's great, and it's spurred me to ask some questions. I now know that at least one shield existed in 10C Denmark (it's like the mathematician and the sheep). I know it was made of fir wood, had a diameter of 32", and was painted. I'd like to know more about the paint and design, any weapon marks in it, how the hand attached to it, and more about the boss, but maybe more of that will emerge over time.

So this is a much better piece of evidence than thorsbergs, which are wrong era and possibly wrong location.

But it's still only one piece of evidence. I was wondering if the historical scholars amongst us could furnish ferny with more finds of shields (to keep me happy about the physical dimensions etc) and other sources which depict them as being in use, and to what extent, and info on their bosses and paint designs.

Our wiki on shields currently has this info:
http://wychwood.wikidot.com/kit-shield
It links to two very good sites, one on construction, the other on finds. Can we better the second, or do we not really want or need to as his is top-notch? (It really is a very good looking and reading article).

Our wiki on helmets, done by Bunni, is IMO one of the top resources for this type of question which I have found (on the internet):
http://wychwood.wikidot.com/kit-helmets

I'd be happy to write up the outcomes of this thread onto the wiki if we can round up some good info.

Cheers very much,

Ferny

there's a fantastic quote here by the person in charge of making sure his nuddys don't get overgrown:

http://naturenet.net/blogs/index.php/2008/09/16/p641#more641

Ferny
*how ferny makes his break from job applications relevant to wychwood

This is the castle in Wales that we could go to. Do we want to go this term? Or later in the year? Do we want to go for the Feast?

Will this be too much this term for the freshers?

Discuss, discuss

Yes, I've been thinking about the Wychwood horn, which I think at the moment is currently in the possession of Ferny. I believe the possessor is supposed to be the person who can drink the most (i.e. the horn is the prize of a drinking contest). I think therefore, that it would be good if we could have a drinking competition every year between the Freshers (probably in Hilary or Trinity when they are more integrated and permanent) to decide on the new owner. Also this would mean more people got a chance of having the horn - let's face it if we did a competition which included the whole of wychwood then Dom would win it every year…

Good idea? Or bad idea?

• Clash of fire and NLHF – this poses problem for wood cutting, as it will be dark when we get back. Could do wood cutting on Friday or swap fire and pub invasion.
• Clash of TORM and Walesby – Walesby is not a wychwood event, but anyone from wychwood is welcome. We could ask Shelagh (or Paul?)if she could take a minibus to Walesby stopping off at TORM. Other people could make other arrangements if they want to go; TORM runs Friday-Sunday (see termcard for link).
• Feast in 8th week – this is the 20th anniversary feast. Shelagh can’t make 7th week and we’d like to have her (WOOF!) However, people (including me) are probably going to be moving out on the Saturday which means that they will be needing to pack/see lesser friends.

If you have any views or potential solutions to these problems (or notice any more problems) please discuss.

anyone likely to come down for the annual re-enactment ?

- we need to figure out things like: Where will we have km? What about weapon storage (or do we know that already? Maybe I'm a bit behind, don't know).

- where are we going to have regular pub lunch given that the gloc is no more?

- the contact details of the committee on the main website need updating

Pppppppp

PS: I've been to Valhalla.

Basically I figure that I'm going to have a lot of spare time this year, and I've been asked by a number of people if I'm willing to make some maille for them. So far, I'm making maille bikinis for V, Abbey, and Helen from RPGSoc, and Joss has asked for a byrnie. If anyone else would like maille items, I'm quite willing to do Wychwood a special rate (basically materials and a little for my time, nothing near to commercial rates) so just ask if you're interested. Remember since I know you guys and I will be around lots, customisation and tailoring is really easy; and of course it means that should you have trouble with anything I'll be right at hand to help or fix any problems.

I also believe Dom may be taking commissions too, so I would suggest that you check with him as well since his waiting list may be shorter.

If you aren't going to Rus wedding, Qanun of the Jomsvikings has sent an open invite for us all to attend the Rumble in the Jungle on Saturday, September 20, and Sunday, September 21, 2008

The event has a facebook page here -

http://www.new.facebook.com/event.php?eid=18549063429

Or for more information you can contact Qanun by email on : moc.sgnikivsmoj|ofni#moc.sgnikivsmoj|ofni

Matthew, Adam and Johnny were at last years event and had a blast ……..

Please pass this on to anyone you know who might be interested.

Pete

i really need to be packing my room into boxes right about now…

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7501682.stm

Hurrah!

Here's the write-up for the last one: http://wychwood.wikidot.com/events-tintagel-2007

What I need is an email (moc.liamelgoog|kciwhsifnsemaj#moc.liamelgoog|kciwhsifnsemaj) saying if you want to come, and where from. We may do a minibus from Oxford, if there's enough people wanting it. Failing that, Exeter St Davids (my house) is easy on the train from Bristol, Reading or London.

The weekend after is a DAS weekend in Devon at Tavistock. So there is also the option of taking a week long holiday- Tintagel, then my house, then DAS. This could be fun.

So, people should email me (moc.liamelgoog|kciwhsifnsemaj#moc.liamelgoog|kciwhsifnsemaj). Do you want to go to Tintagel? Do you want to go from Oxford? Do you want to go to DAS (and stay at mine)?

Go! Go! Go!

I think I am going home on 01/06/08 weekend for my sister and my nephew's birthday and to retrieve library books which are unfortunately gaining fines. This means battle practice will be disrupted.

I am happy for people to go in my room to get kit on the sunday, I'll just need to leave my keys with someone or put them in my pidge (which I'd prefer not to do if possible - especially after posting on here…) and make sure that there is someone responsible in charge who will lock my room etc.

Alternatively if there's as few people as last week then it's probably not worth the hassle (this all depends when everyone's finals finish).

Suggestions? Comments?

IIRC we did the school thing for £100 plus expenses on the basis mostly of wear and tear on kit… and that £100 = 2 helmets.

The old forum had hire stuff in the committee section. essentially, we did valid cheque to the total replacement value of the kit, charging hire at 5 or 10% of the value per day, subject to any special arrangements. No charges if the kit is the charge of a WW member.

EMAILS from the List:
(ferny):

Wed of 8th week. I should be here and up for it. We could maybe direct them to our wiki page on what we did at *mumble* school: role-play encounter, show and tell, combat demo, cooking, hnafltafl craft, beads craft, try on our stuff, *mumblewolf* adaptation etc.

What is our going rate for this kinda event? I know we like to do it, but we should charge for 2 reasons:
1) not to undercut other societies and make ourselves unpopular
2) coz we could use new helmets, ww kit, £££
I think we charge less to schools/charities than we would for professional film companies or whatever, but I don't know our prices. I don't think its on the wiki yet (nor is our hire policy, if we've formalised one).

Given that this is well in advance of the date, and not relevant to everyone, can discussion please move over to the forum (people without access to the forum should post to the list, have it c&p into the forum, and then have someone create a forum identity for them). Link is here:

http://wychwood.wikidot.com/forum/start

It isn't to the new discussion coz this computer is blocking me from doing that (stupid mac*).

Ferny
*any discussion into macs, linux, etc to be conducted on the forum where i can't log-in :)
—- On Mon, 5/5/08, Laura Goude <ku.ca.xo.notrem|eduog.arual#ku.ca.xo.notrem|eduog.arual> wrote:

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Subject: WW - School Day
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Date: Monday, 5 May, 2008, 9:58 PM
Hey people,

Forwarding on this message - is anyone up for this?

"Laura, I am writing on behalf of Moulsford Prep
School with regards to the
possibility of the Wychwood Warriors coming into the school
on the 11th June
during our activities week. If you could provide me with
what kind of stuff you
could do and any costs that would be fantastic. I look
forward to hearing from
you. Kind regards, Patrick Hennessy"

Laura x

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The website is http://www.tintagel-show.com for more information.

I know Bunni is driving there, but if enough people are interested we might be able to sort out more central organisation.

Using Claire and I as an example:

We finish finals probably end of 5th week, but we wont know til closer the time.
We're around all of next year, although we're possibly homeless for August 08.
I'd like to buy and make loads of kit, and after finals I'll have time, but there are no real priorities. Other than my tartan trousers mk2, of course ;). Claire would like to make a set of female viking kit. And hopefully a pair of tartan trousers :P

And coz I couldn't resist sharing: http://www.funtoosh.com/dj.php?details=A18~572

Secondly, I think they should have more focus. For example, if we want to make shields this involves first sourcing and obtaining the wood, getting the patterns, working out how many shields we can get from how much wood, getting the tools, getting a location where we can use the tools, cutting them out…and that's just to get the blanks. Some of this has been done by Jon already and we should liase with him further to get this going. if anyone wants to volunteer, i'll forward you the details i;ve got, as i really don't have time anymore.

That is a reasonable amount of organisation required. It needs somebody to be dedicated to the job of sorting it out, and it needs to be done weeks in advance. I would suggest to highlight the change of focus, although its just cosmetic/terminology, that it should be called 'Shield Day' rather than crafts day.

If we're doing other things, like onion dying, that maybe takes less organising? (Maybe not, I've not been involved). But as a rule, CDs require materials, tools, location (suitable for both tools and materials), patterns/instructions/experienced bods. Getting all these things together takes a fair bit of organising.

Right, i've just glanced over what i've typed and i've warbled. Summary: I think someone should have the specific role of 'CraftsMaster' or equivalent and deal with the logistics in the way that the Mistress of the Revels does with the feast. And I think that specific crafts should be focused on, allowing us to get them properly done.

Bit of a cheek here, but any help would be appreciated.

I'm setting up a new Wiki on wikidot to store and help distribute PDF files relevent to Vikings in general and The Vikings as a society.

I'm trying to set it up so that folk who want to post articles and pages have to be a member, but I can't get it right. Coudl someone here tell me which settings to tweak to allow people to apply for membership ?

Pete

To find out your own IP address go to http://www.ip-adress.com/

Happy stalking!

Hence:
- we need somewhere to keep Wychwood feasting equipment/extra soft kit/random bits
- we need somewhere to store the stuff needed for bp
And we need solutions for:
- next term
- the summer
- next year

Considerations:
- the nunnery is very convenient for bp stuff. With Dom moving out, there is still Cai left and potentially Chris in the summer etc. Is there hope to keep the cupboard?
- next year I have a house and will probably have space for the feasting stuff etc., but only from August or September onwards.

So, ideas?

Has anyone found a list of stalls that will be there? I'm guessing that it is NLHF, since TORM appears to be a couple of weeks later, but the NLHF website seems to be down…

I have been passed details of your society by the Dark Ages Society and
wondered if you could help us. We have an event called Vikings and Saxons
booked for 26 & 27 July this year, for which the booked group is now unable
to appear because of problems over dates. You are fairly local to us - we
are an Open Air Museum in Chalfont St Giles, 5 minutes from Junction 17, M25
and need some warriors for that weekend. Could you tell me if the Wychwood
Warriors are available that weekend and if you have any fee for attending
events? If you are able to help, perhaps you could forward a telephone
number so that I can have further discussions with you.

Any takers?

Florin and Guilder.

Is there any interest in starting off with a pub dinner somewhere?

I have recently taken on the job of Live Action Coordinator for the above.
Event, taking place on 28th-31st August at Reading University. I know this
is very short notice but I am looking into booking a re enactment
installation and wondered if you are available and what your terms are. I would
be most interested in something small scale and interactive, a demonstration
of skills such as cooking and weaving, perhaps weapons training. Can you
please let me know as soon as possible. GenCon is a games convention
covering every type of game from boardgames to computer games. Many of the
delegates are Role Players and History is a burnng interest with a large
percentage so I know you would generate a lot of interest. yours faithfuly
Fiona Lloyd

So are there enough of us around during that time?
Do people want to go? I'd imagine such a games convention to be quite fun, although to my knowledge these things are usually mostly fantasy-based. But from the email, it sounds as if they do, in fact, want proper history.
So what do people think?

Personally, I'd quite like to go, although I'm not sure whether I'll be around. I might well be, but it depends on until when I'll be working during the summer.

This is an invitation to anyone who fancies a festival this summer. It's basically a huuge one in the town of Benicassim near Valencia, Costa Blanca, the music festival part is 16/17-19th July but your ticket includes camping from Monday 14th-Tuesday22nd so you can setup and chill on the beach for a few days first. There's lots of non-music stuff going on too.

Basically I'm going with college friends and friends of friends and was wondering if anyone wanted to come along :)

The lineup is not confimed but if you look at the last years you can see its pretty big,

the tickets are currently £135 including booking fee on lastminute.com including camping, and will go up as certain numbers are sold.

I'll stop rabbiting on and give you a link, I'm flying from Leeds Mon-Mon and loads of budget airlines fly there from the Uk (to either Valencia which is about an hour away, or Alicante which is two-ish) though prices are also going up. Or you can get to Barcelona and get a train. Or drive. Or interail from Vienna with my mate Paula. Be creative!

Just thought I'd see if anyone wanted to come for some music, sun, sea etc after exams - the more the merrier!

http://fiberfib.com/ - official site, note line up posters are 2006&7

http://www.musiclikedirt.com/2007/08/06/benicassim-2007/ - a random review

See you soon :)

xj

I thought we could use the product for spear shafts and quarter staffs.

Whether a warden leads the task or I do, I'm not sure yet, but coppicing is very easy and I've been on a course so I'm 'qualified' if it does fall to me. They provide the tools, we provide the host, and we leave any unwanted product for them to use.

Sooooooo, who's interested, at least in principle, in heading down one day to a lovely nature reserve and chopping it down in the name of conservation and warfare? I'd suggest a default day of Sunday, as WWers are available then. I don't know if we'd be able to have BP there or not, I'll ask. My next choice would be saturday, as I'm a believer in keeping special events to the weekend when people are less likely to have work commitments, as it's not fair on the scientists* who have lectures on weekdays.

*(clear bias) or anyone else who can't get out of weekday work

I'd suggest maybe weekend of 5th, 4th or 3rd week, in order of preference for me.

Comments please.

The date is Saturday 21 July, which is at the end of 9th week, so a week outside term time which may be a problem for some but hopefully not for too many.
Last time we were brilliant and this time we should be even more awesome!

It's probably too early in the day to discuss what to do, but I think doing it very similar to last time seems like a good idea - however, if we could be somewhere else where there's grass to fight on (like where that stage was last time, on that lower level behind the building) that would be good. If not, it's not too bad, but grass would be preferable - so whoever is dealing with them this time may want to mention that.

1) Are there any shows coming up between now and York?
2) Can we cold call local schools with emails pimping us? I reckon we oughta…
3) Can someone email likely societies on a recruitment spree…ArchSoc, RockSoc, Archers (company of, and Freyas old git one), LARP, LSD, Kendo, fencing, rifle, pistol, history…all seem potential victims good candidates.

Also, I wont be able to attend most Sunday BPs this term, so I'd like to have a regular Saturday Bash. Anyone interested?

3rd week: Feb 1st, Friday - this is Imbolc. It makes sense to have the fire that weekend.

4th week: Crafts day - midterm, so people don't miss it cos they've gone home, but gives us time to organise it…I recommend Sunday and have a day of BP and crafts followed by
Sunday 10th Feb, DROPKICK MURPHYS and MAD CADDIES! Hell Yeah!

5th week: Tue 12th Feb, Intrusion. Coz it's on. And we like strawberry cider. Goths welcome, but not essential ;)
Markets: Fri 15-Sun 17. Can I strongly recommend we avoid Friday, seen as its a work day and people may well be at work…This month they're both on the same day, which is good.
Mystery Trip: If anyone's feeling inventive, or if we're all very nice to Lucinda, maybe we could make the most of our minibus and Mystery Trip too.
Note: Local schools (or at least one in Reading) may give us a cheap/free minibus. They did for Regia for Usk. Talk to Nicki.

Sun 17: OCV Ash Coppicing - if people are interested, a bus leaves L&F at 9.30 for a nature reserve to coppice…when I did a coppicing course we were using billhooks and I felt well medieval, so if anyone wants to get us some sticks for our stickbag, or a staff, or spear shafts for free, this is a likely opportunity - and it's authentic!

6th Week: Feast. Weekend of teh 22-24. Not friday would suit me best, coz I wanna go bat watching on friday. But I'm not a goth.

7th Week: DAS Weekend 29-2 Feb-March

8th Week: People go home…

Which leaves video night and drunken naked twister. Either or both of which might take place at a KM or on their own days?

Ferny

As such, we should relocate our album space to photobucket.
www.photobucket.com

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Now - roll on the debate. Should it be structured chronologically (ie individual event), by event type (BPs, Yorks), Members albums (Fernys pics), or other?

this looks fun :)

Nurdeling!