{"id":4032,"date":"2017-01-22T12:55:16","date_gmt":"2017-01-21T23:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/?p=4032"},"modified":"2017-01-24T20:18:13","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T07:18:13","slug":"sherwood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/sherwood\/","title":{"rendered":"Sherwood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When a man who once lived in Nottingham visited The Seven Acre Wood.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4039\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Archery1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4039\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4039\" src=\"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Archery1.jpg\" alt=\"Windtamer bow\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Archery1.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Archery1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4039\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">He brought his bow and arrows with him.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4038\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Archery2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4038\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4038\" src=\"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Archery2.jpg\" alt=\"Straw Bale\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Archery2.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Archery2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We persuaded a brave hay\u00a0bale to stand\u00a0in for <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sheriff_of_Nottingham\" target=\"_blank\">The Sheriff<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4037\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Archery3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4037\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4037\" src=\"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Archery3.jpg\" alt=\"Archery\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Archery3.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Archery3-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4037\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">And training of our\u00a0little band of Merry Men began.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4042\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Archery.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4042\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4042\" src=\"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Archery.jpg\" alt=\"Archery\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Archery.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Archery-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4042\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ready your Bow!\u00a0Nock! Mark! Draw! Loose!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4035\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Archery5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4035\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4035\" src=\"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Archery5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Archery5.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Archery5-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4035\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Funnily enough, although the Sheriff took a few hits, there was quite a bit of looking for\u00a0arrows that hadn&#8217;t landed where we had planned.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4033\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Archery7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4033\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4033\" src=\"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Archery7.jpg\" alt=\"Archer\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Archery7.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Archery7-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4033\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Here&#8217;s our man to show how it&#8217;s done though.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4064\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Archery-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4064\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4064\" src=\"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Archery-2.jpg\" alt=\"Archery in woodland\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Archery-2.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Archery-2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4064\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">He learned archery while growing up in Michigan, but here he looks every inch the medieval outlaw.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4036\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Archery4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4036\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4036\" src=\"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Archery4.jpg\" alt=\"Arrows in straw bale\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Archery4.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Archery4-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4036\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The hay\u00a0bale\u00a0didn&#8217;t feel a thing.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4078\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Little-Star-Bow-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4078\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4078\" src=\"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Little-Star-Bow-2-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Little Star Archery Bow\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Little-Star-Bow-2.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Little-Star-Bow-2-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4078\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">So guess what I just bought on Trade Me?<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I wonder whether I could ever get good enough\u00a0to use a bow from\u00a0horseback. I think just riding around carrying one might be enough of a thrill to start with. Who&#8217;d like to try archery?<\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When a man who once lived in Nottingham visited The Seven Acre Wood. I wonder whether I could ever get good enough\u00a0to use a bow from\u00a0horseback. 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