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Club House => Chatter => Topic started by: guest7 on September 25, 2011, 04:34:06 PM

Title: Thank you 002
Post by: guest7 on September 25, 2011, 04:34:06 PM

I spent Friday to Sunday morning in the company of Simon M, 002 and TC friend Ian Taylor at an archery/camp-out organised by 002, We camped at the Wye Valley Archery centre (http://www.wyevalleyarchery.co.uk/) and it was good to do a bit of pukka rough camping with real fire and a shovel for your toilet visits  :D

On Saturday morning we sloped down to be kitted out with bows and arrows and then had a whole day of jolly good fun walking through the woods shooting at animal targets. We only stopped when it got too dark to see the targets.

Last night was spent with a great crowd sat around a fire and having a laff.

Jethro has threatened to repeat the event next year and I urge you to come along, it was easily the best £20 I've spent in a long long time.

Thank you Jethro.

GC

Title: Re: Thank you 002
Post by: SRXweb on September 26, 2011, 08:49:29 AM

Longbow archery ?

Title: Re: Thank you 002
Post by: 002 on September 26, 2011, 10:17:48 AM

Take Down Recurve.

But there experianced people turn up with an assortment of traditional bows.
Including Flat and of course in this part of the country Long Bows and War Bows(200lb average draw !)

As I'm a novice my 40lb Recurve will do for now  ;D

Jethro

Title: Re: Thank you 002
Post by: guest40 on September 26, 2011, 11:15:17 AM

...mines a Yamaha   (recurve)

Title: Re: Thank you 002
Post by: SRXweb on September 27, 2011, 09:33:19 AM

As I'm less muscled than you, I used to practice archery with coumpound of 72 lbs.

I can't imagine how are the arms of those who practice with war bows of 200 lbs. Some kind of Hulk's muscles  ;)

Title: Re: Thank you 002
Post by: guest18 on September 27, 2011, 06:32:12 PM

We just had the Guides archery store broken into yesterday and a couple of (small) compounds and odds and ends stolen.
Most aggravating  >:( (to put it mildly!)

ps sounds like a cracking trip out you lot had though (green!)

Title: Re: Thank you 002
Post by: guest40 on September 28, 2011, 06:05:05 AM

Solid fuel stoves, Landies, 4 wd, now archery. Soon we will even get the philatelists joining. What a bunch!

Title: Re: Thank you 002
Post by: guest7 on September 28, 2011, 06:31:41 PM

Quote from: Kurt Perth WA on September 28, 2011, 06:05:05 AM

Solid fuel stoves, Landies, 4 wd, now archery. Soon we will even get the philatelists joining. What a bunch!

LOL  :D

At least I was on a sidecar outfit, one of my few bike trips of this year.

GC