Whereas music followers are at Glastonbury Pageant, historical past lovers are having fun with a really totally different occasion.
The Chalke Historical past Pageant in Broad Chalke, Wiltshire, is in full swing, demonstrating historic strategies of jousting and hay stacking.
From 23-29 June, the competition is internet hosting talks about historical past from 175 consultants, together with the likes of Kevin McCloud, Al Murray, Michael Palin and Ian Hislop, alongside a programme of re-enactments from totally different time intervals.
James Holland, founding father of competition, stated: “I am completely thrilled, we had a number of folks right here, the solar has been shining.”
In the meantime, Dominic Sewell has been getting ready for a jousting demonstration.
“Youngsters are sometimes captivated by knights and jousting and as there aren’t any princesses or dragons right here, we’ve got to make do with preventing one another,” Mr Sewell stated.
The horse armour is designed to guard horses from splinters or “the rest that may come their method,” Mr Sewell stated.
“In addition to that we’ve got a specialised helmet for jousting which known as a frog mouth helmet, it has a large aperture the place the attention slits are.”
Mr Holland constructed a conventional hay stack over the week and stated he had “the time of his life” doing it.
“I am very within the historical past of agriculture,” he added.
