Flying Fletchings at Fletcher's Field

 
Talk about inventing an Ancient Tradition! - Angmering Parish Council have decided to revive the St Peter and St Paul Fair which received its Royal Charter in 1384, thirty years before Agincourt (which has its 6ooth anniversery this October, and was re-enacted on the battlefied at Azincourt this weekend). And appropriately for us Archers, the fair was held on Fletchers Field, next to the Church.
For the first time since we were at the Eastergate Gunclub Charity Day in 2009 when the wind kept blowing the net over - not a safety problem as there was 400 yards of fields behind, but a real pain for finding arrows in the stubble - we didn't have anything solid to rig the net to, and there was a bit of a wind blowing. But in spite of having to re-learn the procedure, within minutes everything had been guyed and made really secure with the net raised high to protect the Church Hall roof.
The organisers begged the stall-holders to try to dress in mediaeval costume, and we hit the jackpot because Nik Grundtrom joined us in his full re-enactment rig, complete with breastplate, buckler, falchion sword hanging in a baldrick, and a frightening collection of arrows with beautiful replica arrowheads.
The cod Mediaeval Certificates first used at Sompting Abbotts made their re-appearance and were gleefully carried off by many a tiny Faire Ladie and Bolde Squire, including Imogen and Lloyd Mitchell from Worthing Archers, altogether about 80 punters had a plink.
This time the Arundown Outlawes comprised Hannah, Kris, Luke, Bob, Ken, Lee, Graham and Rod.
Click on any of the pictures to see them all full-size.

Meanwhile, over the Channel in Picardy, at the exact moment we were doing this, they were making rather a better fist of re-enacting the battle of Agincourt..