Author Archives: Phillip George

Holy Week & Easter – a change of routine!

Traditionally there is no ringing during Holy Week and although many towers continue to ring nowadays, the majority take the week off. We take the opportunity to hold our annual ringers’ meeting, which is an important event in the calendar when we approve our finances, receive reports and elect tower officers. The meeting was heldContinue reading “Holy Week & Easter – a change of routine!”

High Level Cleaning & Compliments on our Ringing

The snowdrops are in full bloom and the garden beckons. I can’t wait to get out there but it has been so wet, everything is saturated. I can still do some useful jobs inside and one which needed doing was the high level cleaning in the ringing room at church. I took the folding ladderContinue reading “High Level Cleaning & Compliments on our Ringing”

Coffee and Biscuits at First Tied Bell Practice and Handbells are Rung on Practice Night!

The first tied bell session of the year was held at Nutbells on the 10th of January. This year we held a simple quiz on Call Changes and Plain Hunt on 5 taken from the Learning the Ropes training scheme. Most questions were answered correctly and there was some useful discussion around some of theContinue reading “Coffee and Biscuits at First Tied Bell Practice and Handbells are Rung on Practice Night!”

Catworth Ringers Visit Gransden

We are excited to organise visits as a team to other practices. During the summer we ventured along the A14 west of Huntingdon to ring at Great Catworth on their practice night. We arranged this with tower captain Geoff Burn and were warmly welcomed and had a lovely evening. We invited them to visit usContinue reading “Catworth Ringers Visit Gransden”