I'm on a run of five consecutive successful quarters in Ringing Room, which might be a personal record.
After ringing a quarter of Sgurr a'Chaorachain yesterday, a new range of surprise royal methods begin to seem possible. They have a common style, with a simple rule-based backwork and a large region of regular frontwork. The gaps are filled in with a few "twiddly bits" at the interface between...
I rang a satisfying quarter of Sgurr a'Chaorachain this evening, with the Five o'Clock Club, scored at the first attempt. We did well with no major difficulties. It's a lovely method, very musical with lots of back-bell runs on the front. And it has so many landmarks that it holds together...
Sgurr a'Chaorachain Surprise Royal is basically a ten-bell version of Zanussi Surprise Maximus. It has gained some popularity in recent years and we have had some success ringing in in the tower at Scottish Association practices. It has just appeared on the menu for the Five o'Clock Handbell Club, at...
Sometimes described as "poor man's Bristol Royal", Littleport extends Bristol Major to Royal by turning the treble around in 8th place, maintaining the pattern of points and fishtails at the back, and filling in with triples dodge above the treble across the half lead. The same idea works for maximus...