Tea? (Part 2)

[coffeejo]

You wouldn't get burgled with 1 of those guarding the place. I would call him Cujo

I *think* he starred as Fluffy in the Harry Potter films.

Off out in the , hoping the dayglo saddle isn't as blinding in the sunlight.

 

[Lullabelle]

Well done to Mark Cavendish

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

Just back from Blandings Apley Estate where they've been having a jousting event plus falconry and a display of herding...Indian Runner ducks. Good fun! Here's some pics:

The falconer didn't bring the usual selection of birds: Bald Eagle.

A rather wilful Vulture.

The jousting was quite good too.

For those wondering about my earlier quip, Apley Hall is believed to be the place that Blandings is based on.

 

[coffeejo]

Well done to Mark Cavendish

Good thing I wasn't worrying about spoilers

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

Ah, but more important which knight won the jousting?

and did the vulture get to eat the loser?

The chap in blue and yellow won the jousting and the vulture found and ate someones dropped bacon sandwich. According to the falconer's tales, the same vulture raided the barbecue at a previous event.

 

[Arch]

The chap in blue and yellow won the jousting and the vulture found and ate someones dropped bacon sandwich. According to the falconer's tales, the same vulture raided the barbecue at a previous event.

NT and I saw a falconry display that had a vulture, and that one didn't do exactly as it was told. I wonder if it was the same one, or if all vultures are recalcitrant.

A friend told me that the ends of modern jousting lances are made of bunches of dry spaghetti, so that in a direct impact, it splinters harmlessly, like a sort of crumple zone, I can't remember which English king it was, who was killed in a joust when a splinter of solid wood got through his visor and into his eye.

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No, it was Henry II of France, not England. But Henry VIII was nearly killed in a joust when he fell off.

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

NT and I saw a falconry display that had a vulture, and that one didn't do exactly as it was told. I wonder if it was the same one, or if all vultures are recalcitrant.

It could be the same one as they are Yorkshire based. There were a couple of vultures and both were being awkward.

A friend told me that the ends of modern jousting lances are made of bunches of dry spaghetti, so that in a direct impact, it splinters harmlessly, like a sort of crumple zone.

That sounds about right, it surprised me how the small ball at the end of the lance splintered dramatically on impact.

I can't remember which English king it was, who was killed in a joust when a splinter of solid wood got through his visor and into his eye.

I recall one of the modern jousters died the same way about 4 or 5 years ago. That was with a balsa lance. Very nasty!

 

[coffeejo]

The chap in blue and yellow won the jousting and the vulture found and ate someones dropped bacon sandwich. According to the falconer's tales, the same vulture raided the barbecue at a previous event.

 

[Night Train]

Or a lickle bunny

You don't want one of them, they grow you know!

 

[coffeejo]

Mmmmmm, bunny broth

 

[coffeejo]

wocky dear, doesn't that fame lie on Mrs R's shoulders and not yours?

 

[coffeejo]

Did I say that?

 

[Nihal]

Afternoon all

Mango season

 

[coffeejo]

Do you think Wol will be impressed....I think Daniel Martin has a nice set of knees

Talking of wol, she made the dog bark last night by hotting and twooting and other such carrying ons in the field next to my garden.

 

[Nihal]

I love mangos

I have 30+ lying in cardboard box downstairs