It was the May Day Bank Holiday and we visited the Chiltern Open Air Museum for their “May Day Merriment” weekend.  We attended this event last year and thoroughly enjoyed it, so we decided to go again.  The Suffolk Free Company were again providing a Tudor re-enactment, with period music from Myal Pyper (pictured above).  In addition, the museum has a collection of re-erected historic buildings.

The Iron-Age House

The Nissen Hut

Inside the Nissen Hut

The Shepherd’s Living Van

Garston Forge

Manor Cottage

Farm Buildings

Roof Detail

Barrel and Can

The Suffolk Free Company

All photographs processed in Adobe Lightroom and converted to monochrome using Nik Silver Efex Pro.