Weekend Update
Oct. 27th, 2008 02:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jducoeurAn assortment of notes from a moderately busy weekend:
I need to remember that Glenn Linn is further than I think. I hadn't internalized that Crown was really four hours away, so the drive over on Friday night was a bit more tiring than I'd expected.
Saturday started quite well, thanks to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
svava. We were part of an "encampment" that took over one of the little cottage-villages down the road from the Crown site; Vis and Mara invited us to stay in their spare room. Our cabin was... well, let's say "rustic" (which didn't really surprise me), but we all got together in the morning in a really lovely chalet that Nicolette and company were staying in, as Svava made a fine breakfast consisting of bacon, eggs, bacon, potatoes, bacon, coffee, bacon, bacon and bacon. (This was roughly enough: never underestimate the appetite of a large group of cold SCAdians for bacon.)
The weather was medium-sucky: worse than average, but not exceptional for fall Crown. The day started drizzly, and gradually evolved towards genuine Rain as the tournament wore on. Fortunately, it wasn't dreadfully cold -- mid-50s, so the rain was bearable -- but the consensus decision was to punt the procession in order to get things moving along and minimize the standing-in-the-rain time.
The site was a bit tricky to navigate, but very pretty. I'd love to come to an event there when the weather is nicer: I suspect that those long trails from the parking lot to the list field would be beautiful. As it was, the footing was a tad tricky due to all the wet leaves. (And finding one's way was a trick unto itself: the paths were long and winding, and despite many signs along the way, you had to pay very close attention to where you were going.)
My outlook was generally kept up thanks tolady_cassia, who provided hot cider and stew for the greater Lochleven/Camelot/etc crowd. There are few better ways to fend off cold and wet than good hot stew. msmemory provided a rolled roast from a recipe that she got from lucianus -- that went over quite well, and we'll undoubtedly make it more and fiddle with it.
The tourney itself went fine to my eyes, with many good bouts. The finals (Griffyth vs Andreas) weren't exactly a surprise, but it always makes for a more interesting Crown Tourney when there are so many serious contenders in the lists. A bunch of Carolingians were involved in running the lists, with myself,msmemory, rosinavs and Eowyn heralding, and tpau and etherial list-running.
We decided to take off after the tourney was done, because we didn't know of any relevant business in court. (Which proved incorrect, but such is life.) For the second time this fall, I wound up driving home for hours through the heart of a major storm (having been in central MA when the hurricane passed through last month). Not the most fun in the world, but it does help one stay awake.
Yesterday I decided to take advantage of the pretty day and go to thrown weapons practice. That turned out to be rather small -- no reminder had gotten sent out (since Jon is just a tad distracted at the moment), so it wound up just being me and Brokk, with Jon joining us for a while. That was fine, though: Brokk was able to watch my form and make some tweaks, which made a *huge* difference in the results. I'd say I was throwing about twice as well as I've ever managed before.
We had intended to get out to the Babydolls show last night, but wimped out due to timing. I'd been casually assuming that, even with an opening act, the 'dolls would be going on at 9ish or so. (Having foolishly not read the announcements carefully.) When we went to the Church website and found out that they were scheduled to take the stage at 10:30, we spent about half an hour dithering before deciding that we just didn't have enough Cope for being out that late on a worknight. Makes me sad, but hopefully the show went well...
I need to remember that Glenn Linn is further than I think. I hadn't internalized that Crown was really four hours away, so the drive over on Friday night was a bit more tiring than I'd expected.
Saturday started quite well, thanks to
svava. We were part of an "encampment" that took over one of the little cottage-villages down the road from the Crown site; Vis and Mara invited us to stay in their spare room. Our cabin was... well, let's say "rustic" (which didn't really surprise me), but we all got together in the morning in a really lovely chalet that Nicolette and company were staying in, as Svava made a fine breakfast consisting of bacon, eggs, bacon, potatoes, bacon, coffee, bacon, bacon and bacon. (This was roughly enough: never underestimate the appetite of a large group of cold SCAdians for bacon.)The weather was medium-sucky: worse than average, but not exceptional for fall Crown. The day started drizzly, and gradually evolved towards genuine Rain as the tournament wore on. Fortunately, it wasn't dreadfully cold -- mid-50s, so the rain was bearable -- but the consensus decision was to punt the procession in order to get things moving along and minimize the standing-in-the-rain time.
The site was a bit tricky to navigate, but very pretty. I'd love to come to an event there when the weather is nicer: I suspect that those long trails from the parking lot to the list field would be beautiful. As it was, the footing was a tad tricky due to all the wet leaves. (And finding one's way was a trick unto itself: the paths were long and winding, and despite many signs along the way, you had to pay very close attention to where you were going.)
My outlook was generally kept up thanks to
lady_cassia, who provided hot cider and stew for the greater Lochleven/Camelot/etc crowd. There are few better ways to fend off cold and wet than good hot stew. msmemory provided a rolled roast from a recipe that she got from lucianus -- that went over quite well, and we'll undoubtedly make it more and fiddle with it.The tourney itself went fine to my eyes, with many good bouts. The finals (Griffyth vs Andreas) weren't exactly a surprise, but it always makes for a more interesting Crown Tourney when there are so many serious contenders in the lists. A bunch of Carolingians were involved in running the lists, with myself,
msmemory, rosinavs and Eowyn heralding, and tpau and etherial list-running.We decided to take off after the tourney was done, because we didn't know of any relevant business in court. (Which proved incorrect, but such is life.) For the second time this fall, I wound up driving home for hours through the heart of a major storm (having been in central MA when the hurricane passed through last month). Not the most fun in the world, but it does help one stay awake.
Yesterday I decided to take advantage of the pretty day and go to thrown weapons practice. That turned out to be rather small -- no reminder had gotten sent out (since Jon is just a tad distracted at the moment), so it wound up just being me and Brokk, with Jon joining us for a while. That was fine, though: Brokk was able to watch my form and make some tweaks, which made a *huge* difference in the results. I'd say I was throwing about twice as well as I've ever managed before.
We had intended to get out to the Babydolls show last night, but wimped out due to timing. I'd been casually assuming that, even with an opening act, the 'dolls would be going on at 9ish or so. (Having foolishly not read the announcements carefully.) When we went to the Church website and found out that they were scheduled to take the stage at 10:30, we spent about half an hour dithering before deciding that we just didn't have enough Cope for being out that late on a worknight. Makes me sad, but hopefully the show went well...