Monday, 22 June 2009

A Day With The Tudors

We went to Eltham Palace on Sunday, to the Medieval Fair. We saw genteel dancing,
basic cooking,

the old contrasted with the new,
fair ladies with owls, (though if we really had been Tudors we would have run away screaming apparently as the owl is a creature of the night and is a bad omen when seen in the daytime)
Peregrine falcons,
and King Henry himself on the jousting field.



You could almost believe you were there!





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12 comments:

  1. Shell22 June 2009 at 17:34

    I would have loved to seen the Medieval Fair in person. I'm sure you had a fab time there. Perfect for a summer afternoon

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  2. Anonymous23 June 2009 at 00:23

    That looked super - on a bit bigger scale to the Reivers Festival we had in Hawick recently!

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  3. Unknown23 June 2009 at 06:54

    Oh so beautiful...You lucky duck...

    Smiles,
    Sonia ;)

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  4. Blog Dona Ingrid 23 June 2009 at 07:45

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  5. Blog Dona Ingrid 23 June 2009 at 07:47

    That beautiful party look like very funny and nice !

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  6. yoon see23 June 2009 at 08:32

    1 SPOTTED A COOL ORANGE TANK HERE.
    Very interesting:)

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  7. Anonymous23 June 2009 at 13:34

    We did a medieval fair when I was in the 6th grade. We dressed to period and did those dances. It was so much fun! I am glad that you enjoyed your day!

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  8. yoon see23 June 2009 at 15:54

    You are most welcome Sarah, love your beautiful header.
    The flower blossoms are such great ascend!

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  9. Anairam24 June 2009 at 07:38

    It looks very interesting, but I have to confess that I am glad I'm living in the here and now rather than in the then and there!

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  10. Rajesh24 June 2009 at 08:30

    Looks like everybody had good time. I would have loved to be there.

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  11. Catastrophe Waitress24 June 2009 at 21:25

    some of those men were REALLY getting into the dancing, weren't they?

    i wish tent-like dresses would come back in to fashion, then i could gobble delicious looking puddings to my heart's content and nobody would be the wiser.

    word verification:
    supecord.

    exactly.

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  12. Anne26 June 2009 at 06:05

    Hi Sarah! Looks like you had a great time at the Medieval Fair! Thanks for sharing the pics! :-)

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