Chances of shooting today - maybe 50/50.
Even if it's a "yay", it'll be cool, grey & breezy, with light rain showers almost a certainty.
N'e'r mind, after 14 days it'll just be good to let a few (dozen) fly.
(And finally range-test the modification to the tab thumb-shelf)
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I made a slight error in an earlier post, it's not next Friday I'm going to Merlin, it's the Friday after, 30th. Hey, I have no problem accepting that I'm a
sinner!
- With a small addition to the previous 'shopping list':-
TWO Carbon Express X-Busters, 600 spine, full length, plus 3 x 120gr points.
Reason - I managed to score 5 X-Busters for a bargain price from one of the FB archery groups!
(So one to make a set & one as a spare)
I'm confident that 7 (plus a spare point) will get me through the indoor season OK, I've only ever 'lost' one arrow indoors, in my early days when not only did I miss the target but also found a gap in the safety net & whanged the back wall of the gym. Even then, because those arrows (Avalon Classics) were still full-length, once I knew my draw I was able to shorten them & bring the broken one back to full-use with a new point. (The carbon was splayed back nearly 3" with the now-flat point in the middle of the 'rosette'. It was a wall-ornament in a friends' house for nearly 2 years!)
I think I'm going to strip the vanes from the five & re-fletch them all to 'my' colours (Red Cock, black Hens) using Bohning Zen 4", borrowing the club cutting & fletching jigs to complete the work. MAYBE treat them to some wraps if there's something I like in stock too.
Yes, the aesthetics of this sport are very important to me, as is every other aspect of my life that I can (afford to) 'customise'.
At heart, that's why I have an wee bit of an aversion to those bows with too many wheels & cords - whilst I admire the technological innovation they represent, and permit me to be blunt here, they are
OOGLY!
(And for exactly the same reasons, longbows in general are
GORGEOUS and I've seen some that are heart-wrenchingly beautiful.)
YAY!
Hi All
The weather is hit and miss at the moment but we will try a 2pm start today if the sun keeps on shining. Also the field is still very wet in places so boots or wellies is a must and can members who do not need to be near the field please park in the car park as the only place that can take cars is the gravel area by the lock-up!
So, a more-leisurely-than-normal superbrunch* then an afternoon of bog-snorkeling then!
I won't even complain about 'indoor rounds' today, boggy ground in boots is just so fatiguing with FMS & is to be avoided if at all possible.
*(From the top) 2 soft-fried eggs on 2 slices of Lorne sausage on 2 slices of wholemeal bread, fried in bacon-grease. 2 Irish-recipe pork sausages, 1 slice of black pudding, 2 rashers of smoked bacon, 2 fried tomato quarters & a handful of horizontally-sliced fried mushrooms.
HmmmHMMMMMM!