Archer shoots bear at Warwick Castle, and other stories 

Haha, thank you so much. 👍🏻

@@thehistorysquad So they where the Clampetts.

American tourists are continually embarrassing the country.

Oh how lovely, people can be so kind 👍🏻

@thehistorysquad haha well you remember the (censored) Travelfudge bear came from eh - pretty sure it was us Kev 😄

Relatedly, my sister once left her bunny behind in the bank. When my parents finally figured out where it had gone, they called the bank in the morning. Turns out, they'd kept it in the night safe.

Hey Jeff, thank you so much!

OMG, madness but as you say, boys will be boys. 👍🏻

Why do men die younger than women you ask? Well..... Edit: My father handed me a hand saw and made me cut my bow in half for doing something similar. 😮😂

Great stuff, thanks for watching John 👍🏻

I would have fired a security guard who is unable to act in a dangerous situation. It kind of goes with the job.😁

The inside guard more than likely went and stood where they fell after they’d landed as a joke

Cheers Mick, that one took several takes to keep it together 👍🏻

Same

I’ve been very lucky and made the most of opportunities when doors closed. 👍

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That's a good one.... National Parks.

Oh my, I can believe it. 👍🏻

Cheers Mark 👍🏻

Cheers Simon, appreciated 👍🏻

We have a couple of out-takes on that particular story for our next Patreon-only Bloopers video 😂

How lovely, it's been my pleasure. Thank you.

Cheers Janet 👍🏻

Were you able to get Townsends catalog for regalia?

yes, I did take a look online and I've made a note of the website for when the time comes I need something from them. 👍🏻@@janetbowersox83

That's kind Andrew, thank you. But I hope to beat you to the lottery 😜

Cheers Alvin, will do 👍🏻

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Wow, what a golden moment! Beautiful 👍🏻

Haha, it wasn't half!

😂 that's great to hear Ethan

Cheers Legus 👍🏻

That's so kind of you, thanks 👍🏻

Thanks Del Boy, that's so kind of you and I agree about the set up - we're too long in the tooth now anyway to be bothered with wanting to change things 😜

Oh, that's lovely, which school did you go to?

Cheers Kyle, will do 👍🏻

Haha, thanks James, I actually live in Canada now 👍🏻

@@thehistorysquad I'm an hour south of Montreal in New York State.

It was a lovely moment. Thanks buddy.

Wow, thank you!

You are very welcome 👍🏻

Thanks for watching 👍🏻

You're most welcome, thanks for watching 👍🏻

Absolutely 👍🏻

They were fun times 👍🏻

Wow, thank you! I do still have plenty of stories to tell.

Hi Dave, thanks. I've been looking at Ravenbeak, how do you get on with yours?

@thehistorysquad Hi Kev, mine is a lovely tight grain Yew selfbow, with very pale sapwood and dark heartwood. No grip but a green malachite arrow pass. Nice small pale horn nocks. It is 52# @ 28" with a length of about 73" from string groove to string groove. It's incredibly light which gives you the impression that it can't have any power but it's really fast with no handshock. I have to shoot 50-55# or 60# medieval arrows to calm it down as it is so lively!! My Bickerstaffe bows that Pip made for me are superb too. I have a single growth ring Hickory backed Osage with an Osage core, the same in a pyramidal flatbow and a single growth ring Hickory backed Ipe with a purpleheart core plus a couple more that are Hickory backed lemonwood with a greenheart core and a Hickory backed lemonwood with purpleheart and greenheart core. All Pip's bows are super smooth to shoot and are forgiving and fast. As for my Ravenbeak Yew selfbow, it's the only Yew bow I've ever owned so I have nothing to compare it to. It is named, as all Jamie's bows are and mine is called " Solent" pronounced "Sol-ent" It is great though! I managed to find a video on RU-vid of Jamie from Ravenbeak showing some bows before he shipped them off to England and mine was one of them! Dave.

@thehistorysquad Further to my reply Kev, I have a nice little story of one of the last times I shot my Yew longbow. I was in our empty store across the road from the Theatre I work at. When empty it is my indoor shooting range. Anyway, I was coming to the end of a hour and a half shoot so I and the bow were fully warmed up and the bow was smooth and sweet. I was about to shoot my last end of 6 55# arrows and had moved closer to the target for the final shoot. The distance was about 35 long paces (3/4 distance) and I shoot with my back to the store entrance for safety. Just as I was about to shoot, a guy came in from the visiting theatre company, Disney's Beauty and the Beast if I remember, and he was on the phone. I heard him say "Oh, there's a guy in here playing Archery!!"........Playing Archery???!!!! Bloody cheek I thought!! My target is a layered compressed foam one, 60" X 60" and my actual target to aim at is a red paper disc 1 1/4" inces across. So barely visible at my distance. Needless to say I had the hump with this tosser so I ignored him and shot my last 6 arrows at full draw in a quick succession but not rushed, and anchoring for about half a second. Those last six arrows, shot with a lot of determination, thudded into the target in a tight bunch, all touching each other and near enough dead centre. My medieval arrows make a noise as they fly, not whistling but an air disturbed noise and then a solid thud at the end. After....I turned my head to look at the intruder of my shoot to see him white faced with eyes and mouth wide open!! 🤣🤣🤣. Playing at Archery indeed!! Bloody cheek!! 😂😂😂. Dave.

@@davesheppard8797 Brilliant!! Love it, and I love that sound too. Cheers Dave 👍🏻

@@davesheppard8797 That's great Dave, thank you.

Haha, you should have seen the out takes, there were several of them 😜

Haha me too, it look a lot of takes 😉

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Cheers 👍🏻

Thanks Miguel 👍🏻

Always happy to share a pint Arthur and if we ever find ourselves in your neck of the woods, I'll let you know. 👍🏻

Thanks for listening 👍🏻

Cheers Jen.