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ROMAN MIDDLEWICH FESTIVAL
#46
Quote:Much appreciated, Graham: one of the ironies of being out there is that cowering under a shield rather spoils ones view at the time - but I can still hear the hoofbeats!

Tell me about it Steve. I did the man on foot fighting the horse routine for nearly 10 years. When I was in Portugal one horse decided to jump over me and apparently walked over my shield! Like you I did not see it but I can tell you that it is when you do not hear the hoofbeats that it is time to worry!

I was especially disappointed that you were not there Paul.

Graham.
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#47
Quote: When I was in Portugal one horse decided to jump over me and apparently walked over my shield!

Confusedhock: Yegads! I feel the need for a thicker shield...
Salvianus: Ste Kenwright

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#48
Hello Ian
I have asked Robert / Andreas to post my Gladiator illustrations in the Gladiator Impression thread plus some more Middlewich event pictures here. Thanks to them and I hope you all enjoy the pictures.
Graham.
"Is all that we see or seem but a dream within a dream" Edgar Allan Poe.

"Every brush-stroke is torn from my body" The Rebel, Tony Hancock.

"..I sweated in that damn dirty armor....TWENTY YEARS!', Charlton Heston, The Warlord.
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#49
Cheers Graham, appreciate that. Many thanx.
Ian Edge (Aurelius Lucius Brutus)

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#50
Hi Steve

Quote:Yegads! I feel the need for a thicker shield...

That reminds me, on one other occasion the rider actually punched a hasta with a padded tip right through my shield! Unlike your pose I was not even leaning forward at the time I was falling backwards!

I have asked Robert Andreas to post more Middlewich pics including one of you marching.
Graham.
"Is all that we see or seem but a dream within a dream" Edgar Allan Poe.

"Every brush-stroke is torn from my body" The Rebel, Tony Hancock.

"..I sweated in that damn dirty armor....TWENTY YEARS!', Charlton Heston, The Warlord.
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#51
Finally some video footage to add to the pictures that have been posted so far
[url:1pin4cid]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53JoJWq6H-k[/url]
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#52
Middlewich footage featuring Comitatus (e.o.):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zE_wydIbhtw
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#53
What's that what you are shouting John?

The second is 'Adiuta-Deus' (or the local Preasidium version :wink: ), I guess?
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#54
I *think* John is shouting dominis (probably spelt wrong) and the reply is nostra.
Dave Bell/Secvndvs

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#55
OK, thanks Dave!
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#56
Sorry for not replying sooner. Work is really busy, and exhausting.

I like Roman coins. I have a small collection. The titles of each Emperor are clearly set out on their coinage. When thinking of things to shout, and shouting is good, I generally real off titles etc. Plus we have our own comedy cries to cheer us up.
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#57
Discombobulatae (sp?) had me completely confused at first John!
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#58
Here are Graham's pics from this event.
Greets!

Jasper Oorthuys
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#59
And some more. Click for the big pic!
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Jasper Oorthuys
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#60
Is that the same white horse that was at Corbridge last month?
Visne partem mei capere? Comminus agamus! * Me semper rogo, Quid faceret Iulius Caesar? * Confidence is a good thing! Overconfidence is too much of a good thing.
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