I’ve been a little quiet of late, mainly down to the madness that was on the run up to the club shoot and then taking some time away with the family for a short break.
I’ve got quite a lot of material nearly ready to go live, including a couple of shoot reports (Lyme Valley where we were competing, and Briar Rose when marshalling) along with some equipment reviews (fletching jig, Alpha pack quiver and a couple of 3D targets from Wildcrete).
In the meantime I hope you are enjoying the good weather and your archery.
As many of you will know if you live in the UK , we have been experiencing a mini heat wave here and it’s resulted in several areas now having hose pipe bans and talk of drought, harking back to the summer of 1976. Yes, I am that old that I remember that summer.
It’s also triggered a question from a follower asking for my thoughts, and advice on what might be suitable clothing and other considerations for shooting in warmer weather.
Lets be clear, I’m not a medical expert and offering my thoughts based on personal experience. For this reason I’ve found the NHS UK guidelines on Heat stroke and Heat exhaustion. The key thing to remember is the importance of hydrations, and that children don’t often recognise symptoms so keep an eye on them in warm weather. Please also consider other members of your shooting group too.
I am very fortunate in this episode to have two very special guests grace the airways with me. Austin and Courtney Motte of St Joe River Bows, over in Michigan United States.
They took time out of their very busy schedule of making bows to record the episode where we get to spend the time talking about everything from bow making, shows they have been too and are heading to and being a British podcast we briefly discuss the weather.
If you are in the states and heading over to ETAR this year, they will have a stand there.
They are a lovely couple and huge supporters of young archers in the traditional archery community. Please take some time to check out their website (https://stjoeriverbows.com/) which is packed with photos of some of their lovely looking bows. I’ve been fortunate to see some of their bows up close and being shot and been very impressed.
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