Hello everyone, hope you in the UK had a very good Bank Holiday weekend.We had a lovely time, a long car journey (well four in total!) gave me lots of chance for knitting and I took my latest rabbit Emily with me so here she is in her new dress at Ludlow Castle this weekend.
Emily really enjoyed her day – as well as the castle she got to look at some of the weapons close up – here she is on my friend Paul’s weapons rack.
We were going to see some friends at the Battle of the Nations Team UK tournament at Ludlow Castle in Shropshire, intending only to visit on Sunday dressed in kit but watch and not take part.
However within 10 minutes of getting there were in the arena helping give water and sort armour. We had so much fun we decided to go back again on Monday (despite having a 3 hour drive each way – thanks to lovely Kerry for that!).
It was very warm on Monday and the water, cold flannels and jelly babies were much appreciated by the combatants.
Battle of the Nations is a new venture in the UK where teams compete in full contact tournaments, it is amazing to watch with everything from one-to-one timed combat with points scored for hits to large melees with huge numbers where it is literally last man standing who wins.
It is very fast and furious fighting and we loved being part of it and hope to join them at events again next season. Go and visit their website and Facebook page for more info including videos and photos.
Here are a few more pictures of the castle and of the lovely buildings in the town, it is a really pretty place and I would like to go back for a visit to look at things in more detail sometime.
As well as Ludlow I got to spend the day in Chesterfield with Ellie and we had a look round the famous church with the twisted spire – will post some pictures of that in a later post.
We also visited all of the fabric, haberdashery and wool shops in the town (well it would be rude not too!) and as well as the wonderful fabric stall on the market enjoyed the button selection at Fred’s Haberdashery where I picked up these little cuties, perfect for bunny dresses!
Am looking forward to a quiet weekend at home making medieval kit and have an urge to start on my Xmas ornie stock as well ready for the craft fairs in Nov – never too soon for a bit of Christmas crafting!
Take care and thanks for visiting.
Stitches of Time 
Lovely pics, we were in Shropshire too at the weekend, I’ve not been before, beautiful county. Am spending today cleaning all the kit and packing it away till next year. Soft kit will still be needed and some urgent repairs have to be done. I can already feel the start of the winding down of the year.
Hello Lorna
Yes our last event this coming weekend and then I will be making lots of kits for various people over the off season. Sad to see it end but we have had such a great time, such brilliant events and the weather has been fab.
It sounds fascinating, but absolutely hair-raising – fighting to the death without actually killing anyone must take a lot of skill!
Yes they are very skilled and do know what they are doing, they work together as a team so know each other well. Very exciting to watch.