Ah, now there is the advantage of reading LJ on a computer and not on the phone during morning situps--on a computer I will actually follow links (which I have now done--interesting reading). Yah, warm! Most women in Elizabethen England didn't have to deal with the kinds of temperatures you face at a typical West Kingdom event. I miss playing SCA in the West, but I do NOT miss the heat! (or the traffic to get to the events)