Archery
Whether you shoot a mighty warbow, a sporting bow or a beginners bow, we all share a common heritage going back hundreds and hundreds of years.
Pip Bickerstaffe, bowyer and friend to the Sherwood Forresters says;
"The English Longbow is a large part of our heritage and learning to master shooting the longbow is one of the defining joys of traditional archery. The simple pleasure that we can all experience as we achieve each little step towards mastering the Longbow cannot be measured in medals and awards. It is the personal satisfaction that comes from a job well done, with no aids or gadgets to diminish the pleasure.
In this modern technological world there are few simple pastimes left where people can switch off all electronic bits and pieces and shoot a simple wooden bow and wooden arrows in the same way that the English have for the last 1000 years and more. Little of any significance has really changed in this sport and you can genuinely feel the association with our ancestors as each arrow flies to the mark."
Pip Bickerstaffe, bowyer and friend to the Sherwood Forresters says;
"The English Longbow is a large part of our heritage and learning to master shooting the longbow is one of the defining joys of traditional archery. The simple pleasure that we can all experience as we achieve each little step towards mastering the Longbow cannot be measured in medals and awards. It is the personal satisfaction that comes from a job well done, with no aids or gadgets to diminish the pleasure.
In this modern technological world there are few simple pastimes left where people can switch off all electronic bits and pieces and shoot a simple wooden bow and wooden arrows in the same way that the English have for the last 1000 years and more. Little of any significance has really changed in this sport and you can genuinely feel the association with our ancestors as each arrow flies to the mark."
Please click on the picture to see a documentary with Pip making a longbow which is then shot with us at Barlborough.