Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Oxford Renaissance Faire

Met "in the middle" in Woodstock with Keith, Tanya and Grayson this weekend to attend the first annual (hopefully) Oxford Renaissance Faire. A bit too much sun for us fair(e) types in a land of no shade, but otherwise a rollicking good time. Hope they're back next year.

Live celtic bands, jousting, stage shows. I even came second in the Name the Brew contest with my "Faire Warning" submission.

I'll let the pictures tell the tale.


Mead of Honour - a fine brew!

Up Yer Kilt!

Nero's Fiddle performing in the Boar's Head Tavern

The knights warm up their horses....

...and the squires protect their melons!

Medieval Slap-Chop

Sir Timothy prepares to joust

"Full Metal Jousting" with the Knights of Valour
Lances are broken! Shields are shattered!

MUD SHOW!




Grand Finale Mud Dive!
Jane gives Lickity Splicketty some tips....

Birds of Prey

3 comments:

Simone Maroney said...

Congrats on your second place finish :)

(And loved how the beer picture rated first place - I guess you gotta have priorities lol)

Dolphynsecho said...

You may perceive it as priorities...in fact we were just early for the Faire (us, imagine!) so it was an easy pic to capture while we waited for things to get started! Then I just went with the chronological post...

Simone Maroney said...

This "early" you speak of is completely unacceptable. Makes me look bad.

Waaaaiiiiit. The first thing there was to see, early, was beer?

I've been going to all the wrong fair(e)s, apparently...