Archery in the garden

The ages of the archers who came for a garden shoot yesterday range from eleven to seventy-something. We had a couple of heavy rain showers. We used them as opportunities to socialise in the kitchen with coffee and cake, and Anna's sausage rolls.

Putting up the back net. Ladder to the right is to help attach the net rope to a tree.

Setting up bows

Some shelter for bows from the rain

Chat

Placing the rope that marked the shooting line

Target bosses up top

The oldest archer

Shooting line

My bow with hyper-recurved limbs–more pyoing! for a low draw weight

Close-up of my riser, made by Border Bows