In 1999, a small group of friends with a passion for medieval history, decided to form themselves into a medieval interpretation group. Our normal time period spans the time of the Third Crusade, a holy war, which took place between the years of 1189 and 1192. The time of King Richard I ( The Lionhearted ), Prince John and if you like folk law and legend, Robin Hood. These were times of unrest in England. Richard had left for the Holy Lands and his brother John had taken over England for his own purposes. However, life must go on and that is just what you will see at one of our events.

Life - but certainly not as you know it today.

In our encampment you may find knights, cooks, soldiers, yeomen, bowyers, fletchers, armourers, spinners, weavers, craftsmen and women and on the odd occasion even a crone to offer you relief from your ailments.

Would you like to be rich ?

Being a noble in early medieval times certainly had its benefits, especially if you were a Norman nobleman or woman. You were empowered to make decisions about the lives of the poor - and sometimes their deaths !

YOU WERE THE LAW !!

Would you like to be poor ?

Over taxed, underpaid and overworked were only some of the things the poor of England had to put up with in medieval times. Oppression, depravation and starvation were, some say, daily obstacles to be conquered.

LIFE WAS INDEED HARD !!