Ye Olde Medieval Fayre

NightBird

Regular
Location
Sydney, Australia
Name
Darren
A few random shots that I snapped today wandering around the Medieval Fayre at Blacktown in Sydney today with the family. It's been running for 10 years now, and I never knew it. Can't wait for next years. Lots of fun!

I mostly used the E-P5 with 14-42 II R. A couple with the X100s.

14077485399_15306cc682_c.jpg

Peasant Man
by Darren.Nightingale, on Flickr

14263744214_1fc1885905_c.jpg

Knight
by Darren.Nightingale, on Flickr

14077516198_d90081e652_c.jpg

Fairy Floss
by Darren.Nightingale, on Flickr

14241072456_63ac3bd1cc_c.jpg

Lake
by Darren.Nightingale, on Flickr

14284341923_39b4d59f26_c.jpg

Jugglers
by Darren.Nightingale, on Flickr

14077615517_1af323b765_c.jpg

Henna
by Darren.Nightingale, on Flickr

14077508398_ca6ae1f524_c.jpg

Canon
by Darren.Nightingale, on Flickr
 
Unfortunately I missed it last year because I was overseas, but I hope to make it to this year's Abbey Museum Medieval Festival in Brisbane. I've had an interest in history for as long as I can remember and festivals like these are great fun to attend.
 
This weekend there was a medieval fair in Copenhagen, and we went for the first time. It was quite fun with a lot of different stands selling medieval stuff.
14373141944_b4441d5e3c_z.jpg

KMM 2014 shield by ChristianHass, on Flickr

It was also really cool to see the tiny blacksmith shop in action.
14394175143_b3c63564f9_z.jpg

Ye olde blacksmith by ChristianHass, on Flickr

They even had a full-contact melee tournament! Everyone was wearing armor and the swords weren't sharp of course, but you could hear they went at it hard. From what I could gather you were "dead" when you went down, so there were some really hard "shield to the back of the head" charges. Kinda glad I didn't have to do that, but they looked to have a good time with it.
14350985726_4fc1f9a8e7_z.jpg

KMM 2014 Melee by ChristianHass, on Flickr

They also had a joust! The lances were made of something really flimsy and noone was dismounted, but it was a good show.
14374071015_e9be37b187_z.jpg

KMM 2014 Joust by ChristianHass, on Flickr

I only brought the RX100 to keep things light, but that little camera keeps impressing me every time I take it out.
 
Back
Top