Simon has been away at a conference in Paris this week, which has often meant for a quiet week on the handbell front at Albany Quadrant. Not so this week, where I did Visiting Bands 4: Penrith; Skill-building Pays Off, and a slightly surprising touch of Plain Bob Minor.
It...
Yesterday we rang a peal of Bristol Royal, which was a good achievement by all the band. I thought the method-ringing was noticeably better than in our two previous peals of Bristol Royal, with fewer trips overall, fewer big mistakes, and much less need for conducting.
However, there was a...
This week we are taking a holiday on the island of Arran, staying in the lovely village of Lamlash. Arran doesn't have any tower bells, but Timothy Billings, who comes to the mainland from time to time for tower bell or handbell ringing, has started a handbell group. Yesterday we...
We're thinking of producing a second edition of Change-Ringing on Handbells Volume 1, with some updates. We've already corrected various small errors, just by uploading new versions of the book to Amazon (one of the benefits of publishing with a print-on-demand system). But there are some more significant additions...