Moonshadows Meet Up
Ludlow Medieval Fayre
November 2006

Above is a photo of one of the old buildings in Ludlow, it's a pub called 'The Feathers Hotel' The blue plaque on the wall outside said that the building became an inn in c.1670. The oldest part of the Feathers, including the world famous timber façade, was built in 1619 (during the reign of King James I) by Rees Jones, a successful attorney in the town, who had frequently appeared before the Council of the Marches, which from 1536 until 1689 was situated in Ludlow making the town in effect the capital of Wales.The balcony wasn't added until the mid 19th century when it was used for electioneering.

If you've seen the Chalice Well meet up page you know that there is photo of Moondust with a rather strange look on her face, we've decided to make this a tradition and Raven managed to capture this expresssion this time! I think it was just after the 'randy giant' seen below tried to make off with her, I'm sure Moonstorm would be willing to tell the tale if you ask her nicely lol

The 'randy giant' mentioned above is 'King Stephen' he parades the crowds overseeing his kingdom during the event along with a strange chap called Baron Swyndlestock. Poor Moonstorm!

This strange looking woman with her big nose and matching big nosed baby is one of the members of The Singing Plague Victims who are regulars at the medieval fayre, who givw hilarious and highly infectious performances of traditional songs and music culled from the rich musical heritage of Merrie England, with an emphasis on comedy audience participation

Whitewitch eating 'little brains' as Moonie so poetically put it lol! she's actually eating roasted chestnuts, a delicacy she went ga ga for and devoured with relish. Actually she devoured an awful lot of stuff, the baby was very hungry and made her eat mince pies, sweeties, chestnuts and a lot of other goodies.

And then there were three! Okay technically four but Raven was behind the camera! Moondust and Beowulf had to leave us early due to ill health. So at the end of the day after eating, drinking, being merry and cold the three remaining Moonshadow members gathered for a farewell photo. We're all looking forward to the next meet up, hopefully when it's warmer in 2007 and more of us will be there!

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