WOW! What an amazing time I've had! Two days short of two weeks, roughly 2500 kilometres of driving, being surrounded by Vikings and other people who are passionate about what they do, catching up with old friends and making new ones.
The first part of my trip was Armidale and it was FANTASTIC! How could it not be? Spending almost a week in a Pine forest with 500 Vikings and leaving the modern world behind; it was like heaven - or should I say Valhalla? :)
I took my wares up to the Market Road and was delighted to sell almost all of my pouches. Here's one happy customer who bought one of them.
NEMAS did a spectacular job of organising everything and I'd like to thank them for their efforts. It's definitely an experience like no other.
My new Viking A frame tent was delivered to me at Armidale and it is GREAT!! I absolutely love it. Unfortunately I couldn't safely take the beams on my roof racks because they are too long. So, luckily for me, a friend in Ulveflokk Vikings took it back to Maleny for me and I took my old one to Lithgow. Tomorrow someone is coming to buy my old tent and the money I get from it should be enough for me to buy a trailer to carry my new one! Don't you just love how things work out? I do! :)
The next part of my journey was another 6 hours' drive - Lithgow's Ironfest; a festival of Medieval, Fantasy and Steampunk. What a feast for your eyes! All the wonderful costumes and contraptions and friendly happy people. I loved it!
I loved having a stall at Ironfest. Other than selling my wares, it was great sitting at my stall watching Vikings walking alongside Sci Fi people and seeing the little UFO camera flying around, taking footage. It was also really wonderful to meet people who have been following my Facebook page.
I'd like to especially thank Mitch Luke, Byzantine Pete and Benny Softbeard for making me feel so welcome and helping me out and, of course, the organisers of the festival itself. What an amazing effort! I definitely want to attend again next year.
