Thursday, August 23, 2018

13th to 15th July, County Durham


Based at Durham University, the 2018 BFT annual conference event featured a talk by Michael Jones on the Black Prince (see his new book) as well as a visit to the site of the battle of Otterburn in Redesdale ...



Another feature was the presentation of battlefield models ... in this case Mark Hornsby's stunning 6mm reconstruction of the ECW actions around Piercebridge


I had taken along the Northampton Battlefields stand and the Naseby model ...

But we ventured even further North to within sight of Scotland for the trip to Otterburn.

(Guide and Trustee Geoffrey Carter leads the BFT party to the battlefield)

The Battle of Otterburn was fought in 1388 between Henry Percy (the famous 'Harry Hotspur') and James Earl Douglas ... DBA enthusiasts will enjoy the fact that the Scottish camp played an important part in the battle (indeed the English raid on the Scottish baggage was the key that drew the belligerents in) ...



This is definitely worth reconstructing in miniature.

Follow the link above to the Battlefields Trust resource centre for more of what we know and can suppose ...

(the Battle of Otterburn: possible site of (part of) the Scottish camp ... )

The Conference was mostly 17th century in content, but on the way home a took a trip round the beautiful remains of Barnard Castle overlooking the River Tees ...


(Barnard Castle ... artist's reconstruction)

(overlooking the Tees: Barnard Castle - the Richard III window)

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