So my vacation is over now.
It was wonderful - really relaxing, just a lot of taking walks, reading, writing a bit, enjoying the wonderful scenery and air of the North Sea ... Surprisingly my parents and me did not go on each other's nerves, as well ^_^ . Leaving was hard and going back to work was, too. But at least my batteries are recharged now to go on for a while!
The last three days actually were less relaxing and rather full of work, but in a fun way :chuckle: . It so happened that an archer was on the island last week and gave archery lessons - and he also offered a course for building a bow. So I went shooting on Monday and it was so much fun that I decided I wanted to give it a try to build my own bow. And what can I say - I did it! Though I would never have finished if Walter (the archer) hadn't helped me so much ... Even so it was Friday night at 11 pm that we finished (we were leaving on Saturday morning at half past 8 ...).
It is an English longbow!
Now I only need to oil it and the arrows a few more times and "teach it to shoot". So far I can draw it up to my left shoulder, so I need to work it a bit more until I can really shoot it with the full draw (to the right cheek).
Bear with me - I just have to brag a bit :D!
( Photos! )
It was wonderful - really relaxing, just a lot of taking walks, reading, writing a bit, enjoying the wonderful scenery and air of the North Sea ... Surprisingly my parents and me did not go on each other's nerves, as well ^_^ . Leaving was hard and going back to work was, too. But at least my batteries are recharged now to go on for a while!
The last three days actually were less relaxing and rather full of work, but in a fun way :chuckle: . It so happened that an archer was on the island last week and gave archery lessons - and he also offered a course for building a bow. So I went shooting on Monday and it was so much fun that I decided I wanted to give it a try to build my own bow. And what can I say - I did it! Though I would never have finished if Walter (the archer) hadn't helped me so much ... Even so it was Friday night at 11 pm that we finished (we were leaving on Saturday morning at half past 8 ...).
It is an English longbow!
Now I only need to oil it and the arrows a few more times and "teach it to shoot". So far I can draw it up to my left shoulder, so I need to work it a bit more until I can really shoot it with the full draw (to the right cheek).
Bear with me - I just have to brag a bit :D!
( Photos! )
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