Medieval May belated day 15 and 8: Clothing and Civilians
No unusual craft, today, but I have some pictures from a recent pilgrimage.
We took part in Pilgrimage21. The Company of Saint George had the idea of encouraging Reenactors from organisations across the world to recreate the experience of a pilgrimage to do on the same day. We walked from Radur Woods to Llandaff Cathedral, which is part of the Pen-Rhys pilgrimage.
Some of these pictures show how difficult the clothing can be. Being not a regular at wearing a wimple I'm probably wearing it wrong or just fastening it wrong because it loosened tremendously and I had to redo it 3/4 times. The image of me on the bus is from when I first put it on.
One of the images shows the Master at Arms having slipped in his boots. Medieval people would have trained themselves to walk easily without grips of any kind, walking more on the balls and toes of their feet. It takes a little while to get in the rhythm of it and, if you're not doing it regularly, it's a real workout. My hobnailed shoes mean I can't walk on hard floors without skating.
