Double Wars arrival day
May. 28th, 2017 09:05 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kareinaHaving managed to sleep for the last part of our 24 hour journey, I was awake and ready to set up camp when we arrived at 05:00 on Saturday. We had exchanged messages with the lady in charge of telling groups where to put up their camp, and she had given us permission to wake her when we arrived, so we did.
The Frostheim land allotment was generous (we later found out we were the only group to specify both how many and what size tents we were bringing, so they made certain to provide us enough space).
This was my first Double Wars since they moved to the new site, and I like it much better than the old. The last site had a small lawn next to the hall upon which we could camp, while this one has a lovely open forest (much to our surprise, the trees that far south are fully in leaf already--we had passed the "spring line" where the first hint of green branches on trees was showing at noon the day before, at Ångermannaälven). Also to my surprise, it was so warm when we arrived that I had to take off my long-sleeved shirt before setting up camp (yes, at 05:00!)
We got my pavilion, the archer's pavilion, my minion's the red Frostheim Pavilion, armour tent, and my sunshade set up straight away, along with the large elevated fire place and cooking shelves. The big Frostheim tent wasn't put up till later, as there was room in the red tent for the few who needed it the first night. The next day Master S. arrived and put up his pavilion and several Frostheimers more arrived by plane or train and got the big Frostheim Pavilion up. Sadly, they discovered that the people who had borrowed it hadn't done a very good job repairing the hole in the roof from a fire that happened while they had it on loan. Luckily, the whole event had good weather, so the repairs weren't tested.
That first day I had itchy eyes and some sniffles, possibly a reaction to all the pollenin the air, but while annoying, it didn't interfere with my moving in and making my home within the pavilion pretty.
I needed a half an hour nap around 15:30 that day before putting on a costume and leaving the Frostheim camp for the first time (not counting trips to the toilet). My first stop was to give the Prince a really tiny and very pretty scroll (made by a Norra Nordmark scribe) that Countess A. had given us to take to site for her, since she wouldn't be on site for another couple of days (due to work).
Then I found the Crown Prince and asked if he needed a reminder to help him get to Monday's meeting and if he needed me as a lady in waiting for Monday's court (I had had a message from a friend who couldn't make it to the event, but was still coordinating the royal attandants suggesting that I should). He did and I found out where and when to look for him on Monday.
I spent a bit longer visiting with a few people, but was understandably tired, so I went to bed at 21:40 and slept till 08:00 on Sunday (not counting trips to the toilet).
I was able to stay awake that day till 15:30, by which time I was completely settled in, then I got a 30 minute nap before
The Frostheim land allotment was generous (we later found out we were the only group to specify both how many and what size tents we were bringing, so they made certain to provide us enough space).
This was my first Double Wars since they moved to the new site, and I like it much better than the old. The last site had a small lawn next to the hall upon which we could camp, while this one has a lovely open forest (much to our surprise, the trees that far south are fully in leaf already--we had passed the "spring line" where the first hint of green branches on trees was showing at noon the day before, at Ångermannaälven). Also to my surprise, it was so warm when we arrived that I had to take off my long-sleeved shirt before setting up camp (yes, at 05:00!)
We got my pavilion, the archer's pavilion, my minion's the red Frostheim Pavilion, armour tent, and my sunshade set up straight away, along with the large elevated fire place and cooking shelves. The big Frostheim tent wasn't put up till later, as there was room in the red tent for the few who needed it the first night. The next day Master S. arrived and put up his pavilion and several Frostheimers more arrived by plane or train and got the big Frostheim Pavilion up. Sadly, they discovered that the people who had borrowed it hadn't done a very good job repairing the hole in the roof from a fire that happened while they had it on loan. Luckily, the whole event had good weather, so the repairs weren't tested.
That first day I had itchy eyes and some sniffles, possibly a reaction to all the pollenin the air, but while annoying, it didn't interfere with my moving in and making my home within the pavilion pretty.
I needed a half an hour nap around 15:30 that day before putting on a costume and leaving the Frostheim camp for the first time (not counting trips to the toilet). My first stop was to give the Prince a really tiny and very pretty scroll (made by a Norra Nordmark scribe) that Countess A. had given us to take to site for her, since she wouldn't be on site for another couple of days (due to work).
Then I found the Crown Prince and asked if he needed a reminder to help him get to Monday's meeting and if he needed me as a lady in waiting for Monday's court (I had had a message from a friend who couldn't make it to the event, but was still coordinating the royal attandants suggesting that I should). He did and I found out where and when to look for him on Monday.
I spent a bit longer visiting with a few people, but was understandably tired, so I went to bed at 21:40 and slept till 08:00 on Sunday (not counting trips to the toilet).
I was able to stay awake that day till 15:30, by which time I was completely settled in, then I got a 30 minute nap before