Where (and how) we spent the night, previous to the Calgary Highland Games. The beds were quite comfortable.
Our encampment set up for the day. Kjarten (Paul Elliott) is working on a medium sized birch bark container. He is pinning the bottom on.
Two Vikings Canada encampments: Nordhere and Odin's Ravens.
Kjarten discussing Viking bushcraft with two interested spectators.
Ehlswitha (Cherise Elliott) explaining how Viking Age Scandinvians may have used birch tar.
Ehlswitha explaining the uses of an earspoon to a few incredulous spectators.
Members of the public trying out our quick-to-make and easy-to-repair travel beds.
Ehlswitha explaining the origin of runes. The runes pictured are made from a small pole of bark-on blueberry wood that has been branded with each rune symbol.
Ehlswitha displaying her needle case and bone and antler needles.
Dagaz-Inguz-Jera's visibly less wealthy encampment in the midst of two more affluent Viking groups.
