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<DIV>I to had a great time. </DIV>
<DIV>Every person there was nice and helpful. example they repaired one of
our crossbow, made bow strings for us, put a new handle rap on one of our
bows and when complete with all of our repairs, they were mildly
disappointed in the fact there was not anything else they could do for
us. </DIV>
<DIV>They had loner equipment for those that did not come fully
equipped. They were saying things like what else can we do for you
guys, I kept hearing the sentence through the day eat more food. They
supplied a Full hot breakfast lunch and dinner, soda pops
and coffee. It was a wonderful day.</DIV>
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<DIV>Nathan Thomas</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>From:</B> <A
href="mailto:djshipman@earthlink.net">Jen and David Shipman</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
href="mailto:ansteorra-archery@ansteorra.org">ansteorra-archery@ansteorra.org</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, November 29, 2004 1:02
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Ansteorra-archery] Re:Archer's
Revel</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>I would like to add my thanks to Middleford and Bryn
Gwlad. Archer's Revel<BR>is always a good time! Good food, good
friends, and good shooting is the<BR>order of the day! Great baked
apples, by the way. And I feel really bad<BR>about Robert's pretty new
arrow. Really.<BR><BR>Gee, I guess I should be getting reports from ALL
those lovely Middleford<BR>archery marshals for the work they did this
weekend?! <g><BR><BR>Moreg<BR><BR><BR>><BR>> Greetings
Friends,<BR>> Many thanks to Arcus Gilli and HL Darcy for all
their hard work,<BR>> generosity, and hospitality in hosting Archer's
Revel. It was all about<BR>good food, good<BR>> company, and good archery.
Even the fickle Ansteorran weather did it's<BR>part by<BR>> bringing a
breeze to push the dark clouds far from our happy
gathering.<BR>> Our friends from down south in Bryn Gwlad put
on a really fun<BR>tournament,<BR>> in which each archer had to shoot
scores with an open bow, a period self<BR>bow,<BR>> and a crossbow. Now, as
a diehard longbowman, I consider a crossbow to be<BR>an<BR>> infernal
mechanism with the devil's own taint upon 'em, but I must meekly<BR>>
confess they are a load of fun to shoot (just might have to make me one
of<BR>them<BR>> <grin>). Hats off to Ricardo the Wanderer for putting
together such a fun<BR>and<BR>> challenging tourney.<BR>> If
that weren't enough excitement, our own Southern Region
Archery<BR>Marshal<BR>> displayed her prowess with my 48 lb. longbow, by
promptly "Robin Hooding"<BR>one<BR>> of my brand new arrows (and oh by the
way, she'd just put that one in the<BR>> gold, before she split it with
another one). Kind of hard to get<BR>aggravated at<BR>> that, and kind of
hard not to be tickled pink that folks were having fun<BR>shooting<BR>> my
twelve dollar "AOB floor demo model" longbow (yup, it's the one I was<BR>>
whittling on in the class). Judging by the interest in that humble
stick<BR>and<BR>> string, there's going to be a few more of them made first
part of next<BR>year.<BR>> Well, I'll sleep good tonight, with
a belly stretched full by Gilli's<BR>world<BR>> famous meatloaf and "Death
by Chocolate". But, I gotta tell y'all, as I<BR>was<BR>> driving off site
this afternoon, Arcus Gilli and Ld Edward McTavish were<BR>down<BR>> there
clanking around on the combat range, letting the arrows fly
quick<BR>and<BR>> thick. You could see their silly grins gleaming through
the grilles of<BR>their<BR>> helms. Archers, God love us, we're all just a
wee bit
nuts;-)<BR>><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Ansteorra-archery
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