![UNMASKED: Simon Turner enjoys the skill of jousting. UNMASKED: Simon Turner enjoys the skill of jousting.](/images/transform/v1/resize/frm/silverstone-feed-data/d2ff1bec-055f-45a3-95a6-d0e960fc6e60.jpg/w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
UNMASKED: Simon Turner enjoys the skill of jousting.
![PROTECTED: The outfits are hard work but rewarding. PROTECTED: The outfits are hard work but rewarding.](/images/transform/v1/resize/frm/silverstone-feed-data/cae438b8-f7cb-4e28-a0b9-393bdffc84a2.jpg/w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
PROTECTED: The outfits are hard work but rewarding.
FOR Simon Turner it was the chance to try something different that got him involved in the Household of the Green Knight.
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"Plenty of people ride horses and do dressage," he said.
"But that's boring. Not many people do jousting. It is very original.
"The Household of the Green Knight is a lot of hard work, but it's also plenty of fun," he said.
"I've been swinging swords since I was 16 and just love it. But it definitely takes a certain type of person to do this."