One very hot weekend in August
A load of my mates staged a charity live rolplay event in some large vast mountainous area in Aberdeen. 2 of the guys had written a story line which took us on a 20 mile hike while being mobbed by the rest of the players at intervals. Im not the fittest of chaps and so my portly frame was made to be an ogre warrior (it was fantasy based) and I fashioned a 6 foot battle axe out of pipe lagging and a padded foam mat used in camping. I had also constructed my armour from layers of the same camping mat covered in gaffa tape and hinged together and this was all topped off by a thick wool tabard and a chainmail hood made from an old ladies silver wool bingo top. I looked quite cool until the first time I was required to run anywhere at which point the general lack of fitness, heat and layers of insulation turned me into a sweaty jelly like state. also my green face paint went a bit streaky. The whole thing was worth it though to stage a full on pitched battle infront of loads of bewildered german hikers. Oh and at one point I got to hike along carrying an 8 foot wooden Balista crossbow as if it were a rifle.

I justify this behaviour as "all for charity"
(a man called donkey has been away for too long, Fri 13 Jan 2006, 18:25, Reply)