I
was lucky enough to be able to attend the Hawkwood Baronial Birthday on
the weekend of May 11, 2013. What wonderful neighbors We have! To
start with, I arrived at the site Friday evening and immediately, I had
several good gentles from Hawkwood,
including Her Excellency Hawkwood, Baroness Deirdre, to help me unload
and tote my (considerable) accoutrements down the hill, through the mud
to my cabin. Did I mention wonderful neighbors?!?
On Saturday,
many of the good folk from Notthinghill Coill (and at lease one that we
have adopted - you know who you are!) arrived and I had very much help
all day! Thank you to Lord Savage, Our Baronial Equestrian Champion,
who took it upon himself to be My main retainer for the day. Many thanks
go around to all who helped me set up and tear down the pavilions and
all the things that went under the pavilion. Many thanks to Lady
Marie-Helene for providing the lion's share of the food - all of it hand
made from scratch and all of it wonderful! More thanks go to Lord
Wilhelm for helping Hawkwood by being the heavy marshal for the event
and to Dame Morwenna for being the Chirurgeon In Charge for the day (as
usual!). Once again, the Great Barony of
Nottinghill Coill showed great service, courtesy, and honor!
During
the day, I attempted something I had not tried before. I threw axes at
a large chunk of wood. OK, I found out I have NO talent in thrown
weapons. But, young Brenden, son of Lord Carrick, also attempted thrown
weapons for the first time and although he didn't win anything he
showed great talent to the point that the winner of the thrown weapons
tourney passed his prize to Brenden to encourage his continued practice
in thrown weapons. Brenden also has significant archery talent as
evidenced by his winning the Youth Archery Tournament! Congratulations
young Brenden!
In the evening, we were served a wonderful feast
followed by lots of fun! There was the traditional "full contact musical
chairs" played to live bagpipe music by Her Excellency, Deirdre. It
was very much fun to watch and His Majesty had lots of fun
participating! Then there was the
Kilted Sumo Wrestling. I haven't laughed so hard in a very long time!
His Majesty also was an active and entertaining participant in this!
There was also dancing and much other amusement.
I had a
wonderful time during the entire weekend. I am sorry that His
Excellency, Baron Takeda, was not able to attend. I know that he would
have also had a wonderful time and been proud of the Nottinghill Coill
populace at this event. I look forward to visiting Our neighboring
Cousins in the future.
In Service to Our Dream!
Ariel Benne Douw
Baroness, Nottinghill Coill
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