The peak of mud season
Kawalkada Horseback Archery Weekend
A week after a horse riding training, there was time for another. This time the trainings were held in my “home” stable.
The autumn and winter were especially rainy this year. This caused the early spring to be especially muddy. The photos attached don’t show the extent of mud you need to adjust to if you’re walking on the ground that’s already prone to become the closest thing to quicksand. After the first day at the stable, my feet and ankles were sore from the extra effort it took to free them from overbearing mud.
The first day was the day of mud soreness, but the second day was the day my fingers turned into minced meat.
When you’re shooting arrows using a traditional bow, the string comes in direct contact with the skin on your fingers — which is absolutely fine to fire 1, 10, or 20 arrows — but this time, we were training from the ground. We were firing many more arrows than we do from horseback, thanks to the fact that it’s much less annoying to pick them up when it doesn’t involve getting off and back on the horse again.
