On Saturday, we had to clear the attic of all the detritus and general junk that we have accumulated in the years since moving in (and a lot of stuff that went straight up there when we moved in!) as we are having loft insulation and draught proofing installed by the energy company on Monday. This was a bit of a trial, but my wife decided she wanted to do it as she has a kids enthusiasm for going up in the attic, and since she is small enough to stand up without having to bend over - I gallantly decided to let her get on with it and she did an absolutely sterling job of clearing it down - go you!
In the afternoon then after we were all cleaned up, Erin's grandparent's took her for a few hours so we could take Daniel to Peppa Pigs Treasure Hunt in St David's Hall! He absolutely loved it! He was shouting along with the puppets and actors, singing the songs and laughing his head off at the jokes, it went down an absolute treat and he loves his Peppa Pig book and light spinner we got him there :)
Today was the second round of the Chris Farr Memorial Shoot at my home club, Pentref Bowmen so I went up there to shoot the 24 target Marked round. The weather was absolutely was absolutely atrocious! Driven rain and VERY high wind all night beforehand bringing down trees and sending wheelie bins for a walk down the road... ours went down the stairs upside down and tried to escape, the broken gate luckily jamming itself in the way!
I'm surprised the shoot went ahead at all but given the conditions, the top half of our course was impassable and so they hurriedly redesigned it to a 12 target course and we shot that instead. It was my first time shooting Compound in the rain and I wanted to keep as much rain off my scope as possible, cue some redneck engineering - MacGuyver style with scissors, a pop bottle and some elastic bands to make a scope hood!
Despite the awful weather, I did fairly well as it happens. The changes in my form and grip I put into practice recently paid off and I finished on a 153 with all arrows hits. I've only ever done one FITA field round before this one and it was in nice conditions, and the best half was 154 so the improvements I've made in the months since are apparent if I can shoot that kind of score in such bad conditions. Make no mistake, I am not exaggerating at all - today was by far the worst condition I have ever shot in, and some of the worst weather I have ever been outside in. My score was in the same kind of area as a lot of the really experienced compounders, so I was very happy with the end result and I am improving steadily.
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