Malta

Malta 2009

11 Members of the Black Company spent a week in April fighting on the streets of Mdina, the old capital city of Malta.

It really is a beautiful city and it was a great pleasure to patrol the city in kit, fight in it's ancient plazas and pose for the cameras. We also got to see the film we made for the Mdina Experience on our last trip (Guy and Alan got the best parts!)

During the festival, we spent between 6-7 hours in armour each day, putting on 3 fight sets and a number of patrols round the city. It came as a real surprise to the guys that we were still able to stand at the end of it! We have to say that the regular top ups of tea and cake from Palazzo Costanzo and Fontanella’s helped greatly.

The highlight of the trip for us was fighting of the president of Malta, Dr. George Abela in St Paul’s Co-Cathedral square.

We also made every national newspaper and TV news program plus Polly and Scott ended up on a chat show!

As the kit gets repaired and the bruises heal, we'd all like to take this opportunity to thank everone who helped make this trip so much fun.

Malta 2005/2006

Part of the Black Company under the banner “Swords of Dumnonia” participated in a number of re-enactment events as part of the Historic Cities festival, including the arrival of “Count Roger” c. 1190. In this particular event our group re-enacted the parts of Italio Normans, “Knights Hospitallers” and “Saracens”.

We fought at the old capital of Mdina, in both St Paul’s Co-Cathedral square and also Bastion Square. Whilst there, we coined our motto ‘We Fight For Cake’ thanks to the vast quantity of cake we consumed at Fontenellas.

The event had national TV and media coverage.