Five Go Mad in Cambridge

….Mad for bells, that is!

Saturday 29th July was one of the Ely Association’s twelve-bell practices at Great St Mary’s Church in Cambridge (GSM). Five of us were able to go. It was a beautiful summer’s evening and we met up outside the church with other ringers as we waited to acscend the tower.

The ringing room soon filled with about 32 ringers of all ages and during the eveining Lesley Boyle, our stand-in Riging Master, made sure that we all had a chance to ring on the 12 bells. There were novices and experts but everyone was made to feel welcome and mucked in with the ringing in typical ringers’ style.

We were all excited to ring on twelve, and it was the first time for Josh. Some of us managed call changes and a bit of Plain Hunt on 11, and the evening finished with a bob course of Grandsire Cinques. I think its fair to say that it was a brilliant evening.

Thanks to GSM for hosting the event and to Lesley for looking after us, no mean feat with over thirty ringers!