My previous post on reenactment at Papplewick is here.

I'm a little behind with uploading these photos - I was saving the dress for another event and didn't want to show the photos until after that. Since that now doesn't seem to be going ahead, I figured it was okay to get a post together. It's been nice for me to look through them as I'm feeling more than ready to start going to events again for this year. Most don't start for at least a couple more months though, so I will just have to make do with looking through my photos for a while instead.

I didn't take too many photos at Papplewick as with it being another fairly local one, a lot of the same re-enactment groups were there as have been at the other events I have blogged about (Crich, part 1, 2, 3; Rufford Abbey; Sherwood Through The Ages). I'm not sure whether or not I would go to Papplewick again, as firstly it was a lot smaller than the other events I've been to, and secondly, I didn't feel the standard of the re-enactment was as high (some parts were a bit spoilt for me by some people from re-enactment groups carrying modern supermarket carrier bags etc).

And now, onward to the photos:

This weekend I went to Sherwood Through The Ages, a multi-period re-enactment event not too far away from where I live. It's the first time I've done a multi-period event since I started going to re-enactment events on a regular basis. I really enjoyed it though, and I'd definitely go again.

They'd set up the event so you could walk round and see each re-enactment group in chronological order starting with an Iron Age settlement and eventually ending up with a mid 1980s-1990s armed forces group.

My brother was back from uni for the weekend, so this time we decided to both dress up. Since my brother doesn't normally get involved in the dressing-up side of things and therefore doesn't own any really appropriate clothing, we managed to cobble together an acceptable 1950s greaser outfit for him out of things he already owns. Of course this was something I felt I couldn't miss out on, so I dressed to match. It ended up being a pretty cold day though, so most of my outfit ended up being hidden under my jacket.

Rufford Abbey "On The Home Front" assorted photos, 2nd September 2012

I finally got hold of the photos my mum took of me while we were at Crich. Unfortunately, some of them were... less than flattering... so I've picked three of the best.

I also had my photo taken by several photographers, two of which gave me their card so that I can see the photos. They aren't available yet, but I will keep checking back on the photographers' websites until  they are.