Getting Medieval!

On Sunday, we were lucky enough to attend the International Jousting Championships in sunny Upper Hutt! Competitors came from all over the world - well, Norway, Sweden, Aus and NZ anyway!!

There were lots of people dressed up in amusing 'authentic' medieval costumes, and for the crowd's delectation there was jousting, archery and hand-to-hand sword fighting, as well as a man in stocks that you could throw eggs at!

It was a scorching summer's day, and as we were sheltered from the wind of Wellington, the temperatures climbed to nearly 30 degrees! All the food stalls ran out of drinks and ice-cream - Jen queued for 45 minutes and just managed to get the last couple of 99's!

Eventually we had to leave before we melted, so we drove down to the Hutt River and went paddling to cool down, before driving home.

The jousting was good too!



getting medieval