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Post by Obadiah on Jul 24, 2016 10:24:25 GMT
Hi all,
I am thinking I might get the chance to visit Azincourt at the end of the year. Does anyone have any advice on doing so?
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Post by davidconstable on Jul 25, 2016 7:10:19 GMT
Never been, so no direct advice.
HOWEVER, I would suggest you look at different accounts, particularly the most recent books, you need to check where the battle was actually fought. I seem to remember a number of recent accounts placing it in a different position from older accounts.
David Constable
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Post by Simon on Jul 25, 2016 18:50:44 GMT
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Post by martin on Jul 26, 2016 8:19:20 GMT
I've e.mailed Colin the Hittite - he visited Agincourt a while ago, and may have a few clues.
M
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Post by Obadiah on Jul 26, 2016 10:38:35 GMT
Thanks.
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Post by Simon on Jul 26, 2016 17:46:58 GMT
An ancestor of mine was injured at Agincourt. He wasn't in the battle but was camping in the next field and went to complain about the noise. So, top tips seem to be watch out for stray arrows and don't get stuck in the mud!
Simon
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Post by martin on Jul 26, 2016 21:48:50 GMT
Got this from Mr Hittite:-
" A visit to make - certainly for any British gamer! The museum has improved in recent years but is not of the quality of British museums. The building is cleverly designed with huge longbows featuring. Follow sign posts to the village and the museum is in the centre with it's own car park. The entrance fee is modest. An interested person could spend a couple of hours inside with a range of exhibits and audio visual material varying in quality from poor to very good. It's set up for English speaking visitors with much of the audio in English. The museum shop is basic - pens and erasers etc. You can walk (about an hour) or drive around the battlefield following a basic map from the museum and there are several points of interest - although I'm not sure this is the actual site and there is current discussion about this. The village restaurant / cafe is good. We had a good value lunch there. I seem to remember another restaurant there which would be more expensive. We spent most of a day there and my wife surprised herself in that she quite enjoyed the visit. Crecy is not far off, no museum but a useful tower stands where the windmill is supposed to have been, overlooking the battlefield.
Colin"
Howzat?
M
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Post by Obadiah on Jul 27, 2016 21:18:40 GMT
Thats awesome thanks.
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Post by Cromwell on Jul 27, 2016 21:39:37 GMT
An ancestor of mine was injured at Agincourt. He wasn't in the battle but was camping in the next field and went to complain about the noise. So, top tips seem to be watch out for stray arrows and don't get stuck in the mud! Simon That's a Gem! Bit like my ancestor at Battle of Hastings. He was an archer, William told him to "Take care or you'll have someones eye out with that thing!" |
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Post by davidconstable on Jul 28, 2016 4:54:09 GMT
Poaching and smuggling run in three of four grandparents family's.
Grandpa Sayle did a bit of poaching, went on in the Sayle family probably into the 1970s.
During WW2 he would take a catapult up onto "plumb pudding" (hill near Church Road at Dover) for rabbits, the path up was guarded by the Home Guard, if successful he would drop of a couple on the way back with the guards.
David Constable
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