Digging into the Dark Ages!
Last year myself and fellow Cumbraland member Adam Parsons were asked to contribute to a new publication on Early Medieval Public...
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Gear & Graith
- Jan 27, 2020
- 2 min
Heysham Viking Festival 2019
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...
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Gear & Graith
- Jan 27, 2020
- 3 min
Britain's Viking Graveyard
The year before last we were fortunate enough to be invited to a Living History event at Repton in Derbyshire. The event was organised...
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Gear & Graith
- Jan 27, 2020
- 3 min
A Visit to Durham
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...
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Gear & Graith
- Jul 31, 2019
- 3 min
The Seax Project
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...
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Gear & Graith
- Jul 30, 2019
- 1 min
All New Blog!
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...
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Gear & Graith
- Mar 3, 2019
- 5 min
Repton & #thegreatheathenarmy: #thegreatvikingholiday Part 2
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...
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Gear & Graith
- Mar 3, 2019
- 3 min
Tonsberg #TheGreatVikingHoliday Part 1
After exploring Oslo, we returned to Vestfold and visited historic Tonsberg - perhaps Norway's first city, thought to have been founded...
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Gear & Graith
- Mar 2, 2019
- 4 min
The Viking Ship Museum #TheGreatVikingHoliday Part I
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...
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Gear & Graith
- Dec 19, 2018
- 6 min
The Golden Hall #TheGreatVikingHoliday Part I
The next stop on our Viking Adventure was the Midgard Vikingsenter at Borre, which gave it's name to the Borre Art Style which...
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Gear & Graith
- Nov 29, 2018
- 7 min
Sailing the Gokstad Ship! #TheGreatVikingHoliday Part I
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...
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Gear & Graith
- Jul 29, 2018
- 2 min
Gear & Graith is Online!
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,...
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