We have already got plenty of great events lined up for 2012!
DAS members please email or phone the Secretary, Styrkar, with any updates or changes.
Any non-members interested in attending, please email the Secretary for further details, or Contact Us.
2012 Events
| When | What | Contact | Where |
| Sat 18th February | DAS Officers’ Meeting | Guthwald, Our Chair | Guthwald’s in Huntingdon |
| 30th March – 1st April | DAS fighting weekend | Ingibjorg, Holmbyggja | Earleywood Scout Camp, Berkshire |
| 20th – 22nd April | DAS training and living history weekend | Ingibjorg, Holmbyggja | Chiltern Open Air Museum |
| 18th – 20th May | DAS fighting weekend | Wulf, Westmen | Forest Green, Surrey |
| 27th – 29th July | DAS trip to Caen | Anir, Sumorsetae | Caen, Normandy |
| 24th-27th August 2012 (Bank Holiday) | DAS living history weekend | Ingibjorg, Holmbuggyja | Murton Park, York |
| 21st – 23rd September | DAS fighting weekend | Hrolf & Morag, Holmbuggyja | Cadbury, Somerset |
| 9th – 11th November | The Original Re-enactors Market (TORM) | www.reenactorsmarket.co.uk | Ryton on Dunsmore, Nr. Coventry |
Event Details for 2012
Earleywood Scout Camp: 30th March – 1st April
A private society event with fighting and banquet. The event runs from Friday evening until Sunday lunchtime.
We’ll stay in a cozy scout camp. There aren’t any beds, but there are hot showers and several nice side rooms.
In the morning we’ll fight in local woodlands, then after lunch we’ll continue skirmishing in the scout camp, which is pleasantly wooded.
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Chiltern Open Air Museum: 20th – 22nd April
A DAS training weekend, chillout at Chiltern. We’ll be using Arborfield Barn during the day and the roundhouse in the evenings. Anybody who wants to do iron age rather than dark age can use the roundhouse in the day. Cost to be confirmed.
Activities can include: living history and crafts all day, combat training and display practice, general chilling out and enjoying the site, fighting in the woods after hours, partying in the roundhouse. There will be camping space, or we can sleep in the buildings.
No vehicle movements are allowed on site from 9.45 to 5.30 (i.e. during opening hours) – if you want to leave early you need to have your car off site in advance.
*** There will be lambing in the farm part of the museum so we will need to be extra careful not to disturb the livestock, and to work around any necessary restrictions imposed by the museum. Pregnant women should avoid sheep at this time. ***
Ingibjorg is the contact for now but will not be in charge of the event.
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Forest Green: 18th – 20th May
A classic DAS weekend of fighting and feasting, this will be a private society event at the village hall in Forest Green, Surrey. We’ll fight on historic Leith Hill, and later gather for a fine banquet.
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Caen: 27th – 29th July
A trip to Ornavik in Caen in Normandy. It’s possible that this event will included free ferry travel from Portsmouth.[back to top]
Murton Park Museum of Farming: 24th – 27th August
Join DAS for a three-day event at the Danelaw Viking village, set in the Yorkshire Museum of Farming, Murton Park, Murton, York. The site will be open to the public so we must maintain authenticity during the days but the weekend is for us to relax and enjoy ourselves.
Accomodation will be in wooden huts/halls. Bring crafts and games. Cost to be confirmed.
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Cadbury: 21st – 23rd September
A private society weekend of fighting and feasting, at the village hall and hillfort in Cadbury, Somerset – possibly the site of Arthur’s Camelot.
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