Last year myself and fellow Cumbraland member Adam Parsons were asked to contribute to a new publication on Early Medieval Public Archaeology, edited by Prof...

Of All the events I regularly attend, the Heysham Viking Festival is one of my firm favourites It's not just the tremendous amount of local support it receiv...

The year before last we were fortunate enough to be invited to a Living History event at Repton in Derbyshire. The event was organised by friends of ours, s...

Durham is perhaps best known as the seat of the Bishop Princes in medieval times, and more recently as a location in Film & TV like Harry Potter and the Insp...

One of the first things I bought when I started re-enactment was a long knife, known to Viking Age enthusiasts as a Seax. The name is usually applied to any...

Over the coming weeks I'll be kick-starting this new Blog, posting on a number of topics and making them a heck of a lot more regular than they have been! I'...

Still buzzing after our visit to Norway, we packed the car on a Friday afternoon in late June. This time, as well as our tents and living history equipment,...

After exploring Oslo, we returned to Vestfold and visited historic Tonsberg - perhaps Norway's first city, thought to have been founded in Viking Age by Haro...

After Borre we continued our journey north to Oslo, home of the Viking Ship Museum. As well as the Goskstad Ship, the museum also houses Oseburg Ship, the Tu...

The next stop on our Viking Adventure was the Midgard Vikingsenter at Borre, which gave it's name to the Borre Art Style which flourished from the late 800s...

This first post is long over-due, partly because I've been so busy, but also because I'm my own worst critic and it's been such I long time since I've had to...

First of all, many apologies to any of you who have followed the link from Social Media or my business card only to find a place-holder, and many thanks for ...