Battle of Wisby 2013

Posted on August 17, 2013 by nettan - the road so far

This year I’ve sort of forgot to bring my camera, yes I know, that’s really, really bad.
(Note to self, make a small bag for carrying camera and/ or mobile phone)
And then there was the thing with me actually participating in the battles as an archer 😀

Anyhow, I manage to take a few photos, so here goes nothing.

Started our trip to the fair island a bit early

We have arrived!

Some sewing with lovely Anna before the week started.

And some coffe and sewing on my project that never got finished

Beautiful rainbow over Carnis tent

Lovely Stina before Mästerby

Teutonic order

Olof and Rasmus preparing for battle in their own special way

Gutnish archers

Jörgen preparing for battle

Martin preparing for battle

More archers

Stina preparing for battle

note our war squirrel

Krigskotte

Me in a really big helmet

Gutnish archers

Rickard, or as he wrote on facebook, the Return of the flesh eating flower hippies!

Well unfortunately all good things must come to an end, and so did this week.
Wisby, BoW, lovely friends new and old, I miss you already.

There is more photos from the event in 2011 Battle of Wisby – outside the city walls and Battle of Wisby – Mästerby.

The Facebook group for Battle of Wisby you can find here.
For more information, Battle of Wisby

Battle of Wisby – outside the city walls

Posted on August 13, 2011 by nettan - the road so far

It’s been written in some annals that more than 1800 peasants died outside the ring wall tying to fight of the Danish king and his army.
To honour all the brave souls that lost their life here at this very spot and in an attempt to illustrate how the battle could have look like, reenactors from all of Europe have gathered this year to show their interpretation of this battle.

For more info of the event, Battle of Wisby

Battle of Wisby – Mästerby

Posted on August 11, 2011 by nettan - the road so far

In the year of our lord 1361 the Danish king Valdemar Atterdag, with his army consisting of knights and professional soldiers invaded Gotland and the brave peasants of the island tried to resist but in the end they failed, resulting in thousands of lives lost.

The project Battle of Wisby aims to honour all those who lost their life by reenacting the battles, one at Mästerby and the other that took place outside the city wall all those years ago.

For more information about this event:
The battle of Mästerby

And so a new adventure starts

Posted on August 5, 2011 by nettan - the road so far

It was a beautiful day in the beginning of august that we bright and early started our journey taking us from beautiful Gothenburg and the year 2011 all the way back to the year 1361 and to the island of the roses.

After a long trip over land and over the sea, we finally realised that we have arrived.