10-13-2009, 05:12 PM
Good advice.
Last Sunday was a really good day. Thirteen of us rode, from absolute beginners to experienced horse archers learning coping with the lack of stirrups and strange four-horned saddles. The capacity for something to go wrong was huge, and I was running around checking everything. The fact that nothing actually went wrong was a tribute to everybody there.
We split up into two groups based on experience. I rode a new uncut stallion called Hal, currently scared of anything and everything, but definitely interested in something. It would be good to train him over the winter. He had scratched out large portions of his mane and tail. He kept me on my toes. After he got tired I rode my favourite gelding. I used my four-horn, and a steppe saddle, which I enjoyed immensely.
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The next session is the 15th November. We're looking forward to it already.
Last Sunday was a really good day. Thirteen of us rode, from absolute beginners to experienced horse archers learning coping with the lack of stirrups and strange four-horned saddles. The capacity for something to go wrong was huge, and I was running around checking everything. The fact that nothing actually went wrong was a tribute to everybody there.
We split up into two groups based on experience. I rode a new uncut stallion called Hal, currently scared of anything and everything, but definitely interested in something. It would be good to train him over the winter. He had scratched out large portions of his mane and tail. He kept me on my toes. After he got tired I rode my favourite gelding. I used my four-horn, and a steppe saddle, which I enjoyed immensely.
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The next session is the 15th November. We're looking forward to it already.
John Conyard
York
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A member of Comitatus Late Roman
Reconstruction Group
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.comitatus.net">http://www.comitatus.net
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.historicalinterpretations.net">http://www.historicalinterpretations.net
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