All whacked out

Alexandre wears purple and white; he uses a sword and shield.  Nicholas wears green and yellow; he uses two swords.
Vicomte Alexandre d'Avignon (left) v Baron Nicholas of Estleche (right), both of the shire of Flintheath.

No formal post today because I am still really tired, but here's a quick look at what I was doing over the weekend. I will, however, just say a little bit about the two blokes in the photo. Alexandre is very good at this hitting-people-with-sticks business; he got to the semi-final (and I was disappointed he didn't get further, for he is also a fine chap). Nicholas, however, is remarkable in a different way. He's going blind. It was enough of an achievement that he was on the field at all, and the fact that he even managed to win five of his rounds was astonishing (and one of them was against someone I really hadn't expected him to beat).

There was a crafts side because of course there was, and you will be hearing about that very soon.