Folks,
Missed a day
3rd of May
Not for lack of trying
Ran out of Resource Credits
And I didn't even know...
Writing too close to midnight
Again
Went to send my Actifit post
Blockchain says no
The clock ticks over to 00:00
Sorry kid, you had your chance
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It's inspiring
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Alright, so here's the thing
The flukey thing
From the archery day
The day before yesterday
See the post for more context
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I'd hired a recurve bow and three arrows from the club, plus a quiver for carrying them
$5 for the day
I was with a mate from work, who's an experienced archer, and a member of the club
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I started with a few practice shots in the newbie range
Where I had "right of way"
Then over to the courses for a round
We went for the Kestrel Course
There's twenty targets spread out around this big patch of scrub that makes up about half of the total archery range
The idea is you start at target one
Incredible!
Shoot a few arrows at it
Walk over, extract them
(Or find them on the ground if you've missed)
Then move on to the next one
You have to wrench the arrows with a bit of force to get them unstuck from the target
(I was shooting pretty close range, as a total amateur)
They're all fairly spread out too, making a round of twenty a decent hike
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Nice surroundings
Hilly, with trees, shrubs and a soaring view down to the distant ocean
As you can see above, the targets themselves are essentially big bags filled with... something
I don't know
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So off we go
Firing a couple of arrows each at the first target
Then moving up to collect them
I pull my three arrows, drop them into the quiver and start walking to the next one
As we're approaching target number two, I notice one of my arrows is sticking out a bit higher than the rest
I try pushing it down
Won't move
"What...?"
Thinking the arrowhead is caught somewhere inside the quiver, I pull it out for a look
It takes me a moment to realise what's happened
The penny drops
There's another arrow stuck to the end of mine
Actually, half an arrow
The half with the pointy end
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It was embedded within the first target!
And the point of my arrow landed in just the right spot to wedge itself inside the snapped-off end
Unbelievable!
I didn't even notice when I first pulled mine out, but it was jammed on tight
Like I said earlier, you have to kind of wrench your arrows free from the target
So it was surprising that the half-arrow had stayed on through that
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I learned in that moment that you can use the words Robin Hood as a verb, and archers will know exactly what you're on about
Robin Hooding an arrow refers to that extremely difficult trick, probably confined more to the realm of myth, of so precisely firing your arrow that it splits your opponent's arrow lengthways while hitting the target
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Talk about beginners luck
And being totally oblivious
I hadn't even noticed that one of mine had substantially lengthened until I'd moved on to that second target
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We had a laugh
Wondered out loud "what are the chances...?"
And I kept the half-arrow as a souvenir
Archery!
What fun