in the day, the archery competition taking place in the local playing fields was still in full swing. Organised by Penicuik Archery Club, who have been going from strength to strength over the years , they now attract large numbers of archers from all over the Country. I am always impressed how regimented the buts appear.
Archery has changed a great deal from the days when I would use string and a branch from a tree to make the bow, and straight twigs as arrows,
They can even shoot the arrows further than I can see and need monoscopes to see how many arrows are in the "Bulls eye" !!!, Due to the hazardous nature of the sport, it is well disciplined and after releasing all six arrows, whistle sounds and all head for the butts to tally the scores,
We even had members of the Great Britain squad takig part today, and from the groupings around the bull, many were doing really well.
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