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meles meles wrote:Oh indeedy, ooman, indeedy ! We quite fancy takin' our yew stick and a few cloth yards o' birch over to France one day and letting loose on the fields of Agincourt, Crecy, Poitiers and sundry other places in homage to our forefathers...

don't you think that might be a bit inflamatory ? you know how touchy the frogs are !

they were very upset when we sunk there fleet at harbour (twice) they may not have forgiven us yet even!

tackb wrote: you know how touchy the frogs are !

Touchy ? They even try to kiss you sometimes !


*shudders*

Well, first shoot was Sunday, was a blast..., or twang, I guess.

We shot at 25 yards, I've only ever shot 25 yards with a .22LR rifle or a BP revolver, so I scoffed at the range... I was a fool, a fools I tells you. 25 yards with a bow is actually quite a challenge, well, for a noobie it is. However I was impressed that I managed to hold my own, score-wise, and only had 3 arrows miss the boss completely.

I'm amazed at the kit some of these people have. I was using a standard take-down recurve MkI, but other were using these things that looked like the love child of a bow and a railgun.

Great fun, definitely going to carry on.

it is very civilised quiet fun isn't it

meles meles wrote:Oh indeedy, ooman, indeedy ! We quite fancy takin' our yew stick and a few cloth yards o' birch over to France one day and letting loose on the fields of Agincourt, Crecy, Poitiers and sundry other places in homage to our forefathers...

We know of some folk that have done such activities closer to home...Flodden/Branxton Moor & Halidon Hill being two that have seen 'ickle cloth yard shafts flying through the clear blue sky

A similar trip to France sounds like fun...will check with the small one to see if he fancies a trip out

Let's raise an army !