I am such a geek about SCA wars. They are truly my natural habitat.
So, I get to Trillium War and Berend and Mahault and Adrielle welcome me wonderfully. They help with the tent and I get set up quickly and smoothly. Mahault and Adrielle were the autocrats of the event and they did a fine job, but I have to say that Berend was amazing. He never seemed to stop working. He cooked all of our meals, helped everyone out around the camp, was in charge of the restrooms for the event, and did even more. He even made a knife out of a file during the event.
I got there on Wednesday so what that really meant was that I had two full days of lounging, which I think I needed. I sang a few songs, drank a few beers, and generally just laid around. It was great. By Friday night, Eoforwic had started to appear and suddenly I had almost too many people to hang out with. It’s terrible having friends ;).
The fighting on Saturday went really well. I think I had one of my best days in a while and had a great time. I felt much slower on Sunday and got my head handed to me (almost literally), but I still had a great time. I think some of my slowness on Sunday was due to facing off (and losing) to Ed the Red quite a few times during the day.
I, of course, did quite a bit of singing at the war. Ealdormere does have a very nice bardic community and the make me feel very welcome to perform.
I have to say, actually, that I was made to feel very welcome for the whole event. Many people went out of their way here, but I have to mention Her Grace Genevieve, who seemed to make it her mission to ensure I had beer. I’d be somewhere randomly on the site and she’d just come get my mug and fill it. Her beer-dar is amazing.
I also had a great time reconnecting with Eoforwic. Pennsic is a wonderful thing, and I enjoy my time with Ealdormere and Eoforwic there, but the problem is that we’re all so busy we can hardly sit down and talk. I was able to do some of that, and I’m really looking forward to going to meetings and practices over the next month.
Now I am firmly entrenched at Hereward’s and we’ve watched quite a lot of soccer. I suspect we’ll watch more through the month. It’s been fun to get back into Toronto rhythms and I’m really looking forward to this month.
You’re ALWAYS welcome in Eoforwic, and it was great to see you again.
I’m glad to hear you had a good time. It was in fact my mission to ensure that you had beer. As for the beer-dar (I’m using that phrase everywhere now :), well… I’m not new. π
no… no, you’re not new. still a little goobish now and then, but we like that about you π *heh*
hi rhodri, i’m arnora! (*waves from the neighbour across the camp road*)
Hi Arnora, how are you doing?
Sorry we didn’t get much chance to meet and chat. I tend to be a bit of a social butterfly. You should come by Calontir at Pennsic.
heya π
i’ll have to take a raincheque on the invite for pennsic, but only because i will be in scotland instead π (magnus and i are in edinburgh for two weeks for the Fringe Festival, which wins out over a hot and dusty western pennsylvania more often than i can really afford, but there you go π
No, you’re not new, but not new does not necessarily imply good beer-dar skills. In this case, it’s because you’re the bomb π
*waves at the Rhodri and gives muscle rub for good measure*
Allo my friend. It *is* nice to have you back for a while.
Looking rather forward to Pennsic and lots of good times.
*squish*
Glad you had fun, and it was nice to meet you. There’s almost always beer & a chess board ready in Rowanhall. Please come by for both.
Thanks very much, I’m sure I’ll impose for beer and chess at some point :). At Pennsic, you guys are down from Eoforwic near the permanent showers, right?
We’re in w13, right beside the showers at the bottom of
CardiacRunestone Hill. Look for the enterance to Iron Lance, and turn left.