Three weeks to go.  I have recently learned that principal photography will wrap on Friday, August 7th.  All things being well, I’ll be home by Sunday the 9th.

Since my last post the entire production shifted to Wales and we had a blast on the beach I Pembroke shire.  As many have documented on the net, we shot some scenes of epic proportion.  One day, I rode my horse, Arthur, across the beach amongst a group of nearly 200 other horses and riders.  I was part of a fight scene with several hundred soldiers, half dozen boats, and several hundred archers.

Many of us stayed in our trailers on the beach and had a great time ‘roughing it’.  We bbq-ed each night and rode our bikes along the beautiful Welsh coastline.  There were rumours around that some of us sat around the fire and sang songs till the wee hours, but I cannot confirm or deny these allegations.

We’ve since moved back to the greater London area.  We filmed on a river at Virginia Water and currently I am sitting under a massive French castle and am watching a few hundred fully costumed medieval archers prepare to attack.  I might even join them.

Bob and brother Bern are in town and hope they will come down to check out the whole spectacle today.  Had a grand night out with our Bob as he was passing through the UK over the weekend.  Had not seen Bob since we were on stage at the Juno’s in March.  That is about 17 weeks ago.  I have not gone that long without seeing Sean and Bob, since I met them in late 1992.  I managed to talk him into staying a couple of extra days so he could come check out the set.

It should not be long now, till the whole team is reunited as this grand detour is winding its way back to the previously planned route.  We should be rolling on the 15th or 16th as we head to Cape Cod.  

Keep you posted.

Cheers,
Alan