Time Travelling
We went to a wonderful medieval re-enactment day at Norwich cathedral today. It was a schools’ day and we went with a large group of other home edders from Norfolk. After an introduction to life in the 1300s we visited 8 different people in period costume who each told us about some aspect of medieval life.
Both M and I enjoyed hearing about everything and L slept for the first part and then poddled around. We stopped for a half hour lunch break and bad, unfrugal (is that a word?) mother that I am I had neglected to bring a packed lunch so we had to visit the refectory for sandwiches and cake LOL. Our afternoon sessions were all in the cathedral cloisters which L loved exploring. He did come a cropper at one point when he tumbled into a part of the gutter that was deeper than the rest and got himself wedged, but otherwise he had fun trying to eat leaves and chew pebbles and dig in the dirt.
My favourite session was the one with the minstrel. He played a hurdy gurdy (sp?), a medieval recorder and the lute, also some instruments I can’t remember the names of. It was beautiful and I could have listened for hours.
