Don Juan, Arya and I arrived at the faire site, to find Sir Orion’s truck buried in the sand up to its back axel. There was a large crowd there trying to help get it out of the sand, which was a good thing. Don Juan found a board to put under the tire, which helped. With the group of folk pushing on the back end, and the group of people pulling on a tow cable from the front and the board under the tire, they were successful in getting the truck out of the sand.
They had already unhooked the trailer, so we needed to empty it out before trying to get it reattached and out of there. After unloading the trailer, the guys got it lined up better and were successful in getting it hooked back up to the truck. Don Juan and Arya, standing on the back bumper of the truck, with Sir Orion driving were able to get both out of the sandy pit without further difficulties.
The faire site was unusual in that there were lots of little branches off of the main line. Our branch had a stage on the end of the main line, with a vendor, then a tavern and then us. We didn’t get a lot of foot traffic, and then when we did the tavern next door would steal them. It was the most active tavern I’ve ever seen, they kept pulling the patrons in to play games. Very cool, but not so good for us.
As promised we had a large area in which we could fire the trebuchets, which was nice. We didn’t need to do a lot of policing prior to firing, and because we were firing produce and they have a large native population of free ranging animals (mountain lions and deer are native, as well as snakes), we didn’t need to pick up all of our mess, just the big stuff. In addition to cabbage we were firing cantaloupe, which was fun (and messy!).
At notes on Saturday the faire board said that there were 5 more vendors and 5 more guilds than last year show up. Sunday notes it was said that the gate was down from last year, but they anticipated picking it up on Sunday. I don’t think that happened, though. The crowds seemed much smaller on Sunday than on Saturday.
About noon on Saturday the wind kicked up and took our precarious sun canopy with it so we were without shade for the weekend. Saturday was very warm. The weather said that it was supposed to be 73, but the base camp thermometer said it was 84. We were on the top of a ridge, so perhaps that’s why it was warmer. Sunday was bright, but cooler.
We really needed another two people (at minimum) to work effectively. The Queen’s Ha’Penny Consort were present and begged us to come dance for them, however we just didn’t have the manpower to do so. Even if a few of us could have gotten away, it would not have been enough for a set. So we didn’t dance all weekend. They were begging for folk to do meet & greet, but even that we had to refuse.
Monday morning when we were tearing down, Justin Le Chevaliar came over and I asked if we could disregard the rules next year and put in 24” stakes, and he said that would be fine. If we come back, we would then have a shade canopy. Don Juan made some other suggestions, which I didn’t hear. He was very open to any/all feed back. I think it would be a good thing to attend next year, if we could have more than 4 adults and a wee one committed.
They had already unhooked the trailer, so we needed to empty it out before trying to get it reattached and out of there. After unloading the trailer, the guys got it lined up better and were successful in getting it hooked back up to the truck. Don Juan and Arya, standing on the back bumper of the truck, with Sir Orion driving were able to get both out of the sandy pit without further difficulties.
The faire site was unusual in that there were lots of little branches off of the main line. Our branch had a stage on the end of the main line, with a vendor, then a tavern and then us. We didn’t get a lot of foot traffic, and then when we did the tavern next door would steal them.
As promised we had a large area in which we could fire the trebuchets, which was nice. We didn’t need to do a lot of policing prior to firing, and because we were firing produce and they have a large native population of free ranging animals (mountain lions and deer are native, as well as snakes), we didn’t need to pick up all of our mess, just the big stuff. In addition to cabbage we were firing cantaloupe, which was fun (and messy!).
At notes on Saturday the faire board said that there were 5 more vendors and 5 more guilds than last year show up. Sunday notes it was said that the gate was down from last year, but they anticipated picking it up on Sunday. I don’t think that happened, though. The crowds seemed much smaller on Sunday than on Saturday.
About noon on Saturday the wind kicked up and took our precarious sun canopy with it so we were without shade for the weekend. Saturday was very warm. The weather said that it was supposed to be 73, but the base camp thermometer said it was 84. We were on the top of a ridge, so perhaps that’s why it was warmer. Sunday was bright, but cooler.
We really needed another two people (at minimum) to work effectively. The Queen’s Ha’Penny Consort were present and begged us to come dance for them, however we just didn’t have the manpower to do so. Even if a few of us could have gotten away, it would not have been enough for a set. So we didn’t dance all weekend. They were begging for folk to do meet & greet, but even that we had to refuse.
Monday morning when we were tearing down, Justin Le Chevaliar came over and I asked if we could disregard the rules next year and put in 24” stakes, and he said that would be fine. If we come back, we would then have a shade canopy. Don Juan made some other suggestions, which I didn’t hear. He was very open to any/all feed back. I think it would be a good thing to attend next year, if we could have more than 4 adults and a wee one committed.
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