Clocks go back
VISITORS to Buckland Abbey took a trip back in time as a medieval re-enactment group brought the sights, sounds and smells of the 15th century back to the historic property.
Hod the fletcher made arrows for the archery competition while Nellie and her ladies spun wool and wove braids.
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CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT: Mistress Tally (Pat Coxson) cooks on the open fire; Jane Hunt knits scoggers – cloth tubes worn over the forearm for warmth or to protect the sleeves; Andy David makes pattens, wooden stilt-shoes worn in the days before proper roads and pavements to keep more expensive and vulnerable leather shoes out of the mud; tavern-master Peter Hood (right) enjoys a game of alquerque, the Arabic ancestor of draughts.
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Stumpy the blacksmith forged knives and tools but poor old Movar, the unlicensed miller, had to keep an eye out for the sheriff's men while he plied his trade under constant threat of the stocks.
All the characters are members of the Medieval Free Company, who set up an encampment in and around the Great Barn at Buckland, near Yelverton, over the Bank Holiday weekend.
Visitor services manager Jonathan Cummins said: "The Medieval Free Company always make a great day out for all the family and a chance to get involved with all things medieval."
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