My dad has a large collection of small bells, most of them originally servants bells. For many years they festooned his house, hanging from the picture rails, but recently he has been trying to assemble them into tuned (or tunable) sets for other projects. The first result is the set...
This evening I rang a quarter of Grandsire Triples in Ringing Room - very satisfying, almost no trips, hardly any internet delays, good pace and rhythm for a time of 36 minutes.
Alban Forster called this composition:
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I've already reported on the Lincolnshire Maximus on 1st November, which I conducted from the tenors. The following Tuesday we rang Lincolnshire again, which I also conducted but from 5-6. I found it much more difficult. I think I was underprepared for the 3-4 course, and the way in which...
Three years after our last attempt at Grandsire Caters, today I called a quarter in Ringing Room. It took us a little while to get into it (actually it took us a little while even to get started, because we met with seven people of whom two were expecting...
This week we're going for a peal with a new combination of people: Mike Clay, Ian Bell and Julia Cater. Also a new method: Grandsire Caters. This plan kills several birds with one stone. We want to continue ringing with Mike and Ian; Julia is keen to come and ring...
We have just come back from the annual Gay family get-together, where we usually manage to do a bit of handbell ringing. This year we started with Plain Bob Minor as usual, which was fine. After some coming and going we found ourselves with four people in the room, but...