Today was a BLAST!

Jean Genie · 09-01-2008, 12:56 AM

My sister, my Mom and I went to the Bristol (Wisc) Renn Faire today for the 1st time. Who's been there? We've talked about going for years, just never managed it. I drove to my Mom's from home, about a 2 hr drive, then we all 3went together from there. Was about an hour and a 1/2 drive. It was everything, and more, that I always thought it would be. Lovely breezy day, not too hot, lots of interesting stuff to see, demonstrations, FOOD

, medieval dress and speech the order of the day. Lots of cleavage

on display by the "wenches". It was a hoot! Of course, the highlight of the day was the Joust. First there were a bunch of "soldiers" marching around in formation with their extraordinarily long pikes with narration by a young lady on horseback explaining the various war maneuvers. The King and Queen were present and welcomed us all and then announced the knights; our section of the audience got the best one

, Sir William of Somewhereortheother

, can't remember his proper title

. He had the best horse, big but very quick and agile; he was the best rider too. Only one of the horses was clearly a big draft type, which would have been what was used back in the day. It was so fun to watch them demonstrate their skills, especially when charging pell-mell at each other with lances lowered, and THWACK, bent shields and wobbly riders. Our Sir William was clearly the best but turned out to be a dastardly knave

and cheated. Thus the Queen, in her displeasure, ordered a Joust to the Death

to be battled at their 5pm show. We didn't get to stay that long but greatly enjoyed the show they put on. The only minor complaint I had was with this dude who was laboring around the forrest pulling a rickshaw full of fair-goers. It was hard work, I'm sure, and he was dressed in period clothing that had to be uncomfortably warm but the dude was rude

. I was waiting in line for drinks of the frothy variety

, very thirsty, and this dude is shouting at me and this young boy, to GET OUT OF HIS WAY, coming through. I stepped back just in time, got my sore shoulder bumped as he passed and almost had my foot run-over by the contraption he was pulling

. He shouted at the wide-eyed young boy too, Hey you, yeah YOU, get outa the way, MOVE, and all the while he's not slowing down at all. I was left there contemplating if he woulda bowled us over in the middle of the King's Highway

. What a

, grrrrr. Now if he woulda run over my foot, or the kid

, I woulda done my best to see him put into stocks and flogged; nothing like a serious bit of richly deserved medieval whoopa$$ justice

. Afterwards, to pacify myself

, I bought a great, huge block of toffee, English, of course

.

It was just a really fun day and I'm hooked. The Faire will be a yearly sojourn every year for us now. I highly recommend it

.

pvf · 09-01-2008, 09:41 AM

sounds like a wonderfull time, did you guys take any pictures..

corporate cowgirl · 09-01-2008, 11:54 AM

I haven't been to the fair you went to, but go to the Minnesota Renaissance Fair pretty much every year. It's a lot of fun--glad you had a good time!

version1955 · 09-13-2008, 07:48 AM

The rudeness is part of the "fun"

But I kinda think he took it a bit far to actually run into you. And some of those wenches take it bit too far too

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09-01-2008, 12:56 AM
Jean Genie Started Join Date: May 2006 Location: NW Illinois Posts: 2,003	Today was a BLAST! My sister, my Mom and I went to the Bristol (Wisc) Renn Faire today for the 1st time. Who's been there? We've talked about going for years, just never managed it. I drove to my Mom's from home, about a 2 hr drive, then we all 3went together from there. Was about an hour and a 1/2 drive. It was everything, and more, that I always thought it would be. Lovely breezy day, not too hot, lots of interesting stuff to see, demonstrations, FOOD , medieval dress and speech the order of the day. Lots of cleavage on display by the "wenches". It was a hoot! Of course, the highlight of the day was the Joust. First there were a bunch of "soldiers" marching around in formation with their extraordinarily long pikes with narration by a young lady on horseback explaining the various war maneuvers. The King and Queen were present and welcomed us all and then announced the knights; our section of the audience got the best one , Sir William of Somewhereortheother , can't remember his proper title . He had the best horse, big but very quick and agile; he was the best rider too. Only one of the horses was clearly a big draft type, which would have been what was used back in the day. It was so fun to watch them demonstrate their skills, especially when charging pell-mell at each other with lances lowered, and THWACK, bent shields and wobbly riders. Our Sir William was clearly the best but turned out to be a dastardly knave and cheated. Thus the Queen, in her displeasure, ordered a Joust to the Death to be battled at their 5pm show. We didn't get to stay that long but greatly enjoyed the show they put on. The only minor complaint I had was with this dude who was laboring around the forrest pulling a rickshaw full of fair-goers. It was hard work, I'm sure, and he was dressed in period clothing that had to be uncomfortably warm but the dude was rude . I was waiting in line for drinks of the frothy variety , very thirsty, and this dude is shouting at me and this young boy, to GET OUT OF HIS WAY, coming through. I stepped back just in time, got my sore shoulder bumped as he passed and almost had my foot run-over by the contraption he was pulling . He shouted at the wide-eyed young boy too, Hey you, yeah YOU, get outa the way, MOVE, and all the while he's not slowing down at all. I was left there contemplating if he woulda bowled us over in the middle of the King's Highway . What a , grrrrr. Now if he woulda run over my foot, or the kid , I woulda done my best to see him put into stocks and flogged; nothing like a serious bit of richly deserved medieval whoopa$$ justice . Afterwards, to pacify myself , I bought a great, huge block of toffee, English, of course . It was just a really fun day and I'm hooked. The Faire will be a yearly sojourn every year for us now. I highly recommend it . __________________ Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some sort of battle.

09-01-2008, 09:41 AM
pvf Regional Forums Moderator Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Minnesota Posts: 6,420	sounds like a wonderfull time, did you guys take any pictures.. __________________ www.prairieviewfarms.net Raising Reg. Paints and Quarter horses

09-01-2008, 11:54 AM
corporate cowgirl Yearling Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Minnesota Posts: 648	I haven't been to the fair you went to, but go to the Minnesota Renaissance Fair pretty much every year. It's a lot of fun--glad you had a good time!

09-13-2008, 07:48 AM
version1955 Kid Safe Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: out Posts: 6,492	The rudeness is part of the "fun" But I kinda think he took it a bit far to actually run into you. And some of those wenches take it bit too far too __________________ If you can't master your emotions, how can you be the safe partner your horse needs you to be?