Comitatus Events 2008

[John Conyard]

It's raining in York, and snowing on the hills to the west. So it must be the time to do a public event.

Comitatus public events start tomorrow, and details of further events can be viewed on the events pages of www.comitatus.net

I sympathise with all those others out this weekend. For some reason it seems OK, fun even, to get wet and cold over the winter riding or at a training weekend. But at a public show the weather somehow seems more important.

Good luck all.

[Robert Vermaat]

Good luck to you too - don't catch a cold!

Britannia, west of London, two weeks ago:


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[John Conyard]

I must go and put a wolf's tail on my helmet.

[cauis]

Cool pictures

[Salvianus]

Sounds like Rydale was cool in more ways than one! Sorry to have missed it

Gallery: http://www.comitatus.net/Rydale2008/

A nice chance to do Pictish and sub-Roman and the forge work looks amazing

[Libitina]

Sounds like Rydale was cool in more ways than one! Sorry to have missed it

Gallery: http://www.comitatus.net/Rydale2008/

A nice chance to do Pictish and sub-Roman and the forge work looks amazing

The photos look great, always nice to see a head on a stick

[Salvianus]

Ah, Domitius' little friend :roll:

Nice to have a Round-house for Brittonic impressions.

[Libitina]

Ah, Domitius' little friend :roll:

That gave me a vision of Tom Hanks and "Wilson" in Castaway :lol:

[Robert Vermaat]

Ah, Domitius' little friend :roll:

It's the Posse Comitatus!! :twisted:

[Salvianus]

It's the Posse Comitatus!! :twisted:

Quick fetch the Shire Reeve!

Æðeldreda, get your arcuballista!

She wore a yellow tartan!

Hurrah, it's the 7th Equites!

There's Picts in them thar hills!

This could go on for some time

[John Conyard]

It was a very different kind of weekend. A sort of pre-seaon get together with a very challenging dateline. It was fun putting together new equipment, especially new bone buckles for the 500AD dateline.

I liked the solid buildings to play in. I liked the encampment. I liked teaching the soft soppy English public about Cornish tin and 6th century trading. I really liked my new leather covered buckler and our new pattern welded spathas. Making new javelin heads, knives and axes in the forge was a treat. I can't physically fit any more veruta in my quiver. Wearing punched/riveted mail was a change from scale. And mead benches are good invention.

But I missed helmets and big shields. I missed early morning drill in Latin. I missed orderly camping. I missed hourly shows. I missed coptic tunics. I missed artillery. I missed gold and silver. I missed the smell of saddles and the acid smell of horse urine. I missed organisation.

Rockingham will be harmless Roman fun. Lincoln will be excellent, with the annual pay parade and swearing in. I can't wait!

[Viventius]

annual pay parade and swearing ...

Yep, that sounds about right :lol:

I'm hoping for more chocolate money this year :!:

[Viventius]

That gave me a vision of Tom Hanks and "Wilson" in Castaway

Actually, Libitina, you're not far off the mark where Domitius is concerned hock: Like Hanks, he had been away for a while as well ...

[Libitina]

That gave me a vision of Tom Hanks and "Wilson" in Castaway

Actually, Libitina, you're not far off the mark where Domitius is concerned hock: Like Hanks, he had been away for a while as well ...

Oh blimey my 6th sense kicks in again