Event Information

Beltane 33
(2014-04-26 - Site opens at 9 AM & Closes at 10 PM)
Berley Cort

Come enjoy the return of warmth in the Shire of Berley Cort for a weekend of fighting, rapier, archery, and A&S competitions.

Martial Activities:  Both Heavy and Rapier, also Target Archery.

Arts & Sciences Activities:
 The Garb Challenge - Come garbed in the colors of Berley Cort (azure, or, and vert) and our well known Bardic.

Cost:  
        Adult, Member:          $10.00 Day-Trip $0.00 Feast    $0.00 Camping
        Adult, Non-Member:  $15.00 Day-Trip $0.00 Feast    $0.00 Camping
        Youth (6-17):             $5.00   Day-Trip $0.00 Feast    $0.00 Camping
        Child (0-5):                $0.00   Day-Trip $0.00 Feast     $0.00 Camping

Make Checks Payable To:  SCA, Inc., Shire of Berley Cort

Cost Notes:  Pot luck feast. Please bring either an appetizer, side, or dessert. Please provide a list of ingredients. Lady Daegin will prepare the meats. Lunch is part of your Gate fee, and will be prepared by Lady Herridr.

Site:  Hancock Peanut Company 22540 Meherrin Rd Cortland, VA 23837. Site opens 9am, closes 10pm.

Site Restrictions:  Site is wet. Please remember this is a very primitive site, so come prepared with al you need to be in the woods; chairs, tents, appropriate clothing, feast gear, water, insect repellant and any needed meds.

Feast Information:  Pot luck feast. Please bring either an appetizer, side, or dessert. Please provide a list of ingredients. Lady Daegin will prepare the meats. Any dietary concerns, contact Lady Herridr at 757-242-4742. Lunch is part of your Gate fee, and will be prepared by Lady Herridr.

Event Steward\'s Information:  Lady Herridr Freyu Gydja Ogvaldsdottir (Lisa Kirkham), 8323 Joyner\'s Bridge Rd, Windsor, VA, 23487,  Phone: (757) 242-4742, E-mail:  freyathered[AT]yahoo.com. Please call instead of email. NLT 11pm.

Reservations:  Send reservations to the Event Steward.

Directions:  

From Norfolk and East:  Take 264 West to 58 in Suffolk. Take the Petersburg exit to 460 West. Go through Windsor and Zuni to Ivor, where you take a left at the stoplight and follow directions at *

From Newport News/Hampton:  Take the James River Bridge to Smithfield, and 258 South to Windsor. At the 258/460 junction, turn right onto 460 West, go through Zuni to Ivor, take a left at the stoplight, and follow directions at *

From Williamsburg: Take the Scotland Ferry to Surrey, Va. and go South to Wakefield, Va.  Take a left onto 460 East to Ivor, where you take a right at the stoplight and follow directions at *

From Petersburg:  Come to Ivor on 460 East, turn right at the light, and follow directions at *

* Proceed all the way down Ivor Rd until it ends in a \"T\" intersection. Turn left at the T going into downtown Cortland, VA until you get to the blinking light (only light in Cortland). Turn right at the blinking light, cross the river, and just after crossing the river you will see a peanut buying station on the right. There are two open areas at this conglomeration of metal buildings. Turn into the second open area (the larger one). This is a large parking area with a long warehouse to your left, a water tower at the rear of the area. Just to the left of the water tower is a raised light green building. This is your destination.