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We were lucky with the weather having avoided two days of heavy rain and wind. Saturday the 14th of October 2023 was cool but sunny as we set off on our forty minute drive to north Bedfordshire. We arrived at Bletsoe in good time and were met by the tower captain. The bells wre re-hungContinue reading “Autumn Outing to Bedfordshire and The Story of Bletsoe Tenor Bell”

We usually take for granted our safety in the tower. Although incidents are extremely rare it is important to know what we should do in case of an emergency. We periodically hold a refresher awarness session during one of our practices and this year it was scheduled for Thursday 21st September 2023. The Steeple KeeperContinue reading “Emergency Procedures”

Every quarter peal is special. They require a lot of mental and physical effort. They are usually successful but never guaranteed. On Friday 15th September we met with friends to ring St Clements Bob Minor. It was very warm in the ringing room even with the window open and the fan blowing. The ringing wasContinue reading “The Next Quarter Peal”

As president of the Huntingdon District Ringers, Phillip had been chatting with Geoff Burn in his capacity of District Bell Advisor. They had met at Waresley to carry out a bell inspection, and the converstaion turned to ringing at Catworth, where Geoff is tower captain. Always on the look out for new ringing experiences PhillipContinue reading “Let’s Take a Trip to Catworth”

….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. TheContinue reading “Five Go Mad in Cambridge”

The ringers were greatly shocked to hear of the sudden passing of Andrew Fogg on the 7th July. Andrew had been a member of the church choir for 27 years and was a personal friend of many of the ringers. The choir and ringers have close ties, there being some members in both camps. AndrewContinue reading “Ringing for Andrew Fogg”

It isn’t often that we see so many young ringers together. They tend to be few and far between, mainly in ones and twos in a few isolated towers. Sunday 16th July was a special day for us at Great Gransden because we welcomed a dozen or so young ringers, with their parents/mentors, to meetContinue reading “Young Ringers Meeting”

Most of the things we do are routine. We meet for ringing every week on a Thursday evening and hold tied bell practices too to hone our skills in bell control and theory of ringing. We sometimes take for granted the enjoyment of the fellowship of ringing, something which I am sure we all valueContinue reading “A Story of the Last Four Weeks in the Tower”

We had a super practice last night. Our usual repertoire was rung, being call changes, Plain Hunt and Plain Bob Doubles, but there were thirteen ringers in the tower including Catherina and new visitor, Ruth. A couple of our local ringers are away and any chance of Grandsire 5 is away with them, but asContinue reading “Two Visitors Makes for Grandsire Doubles!”

Saturday 20th May 2023 – ringing for the wedding of Martin and Maggie, the first wedding of the year for us. The bells were rung up in the morning and we all arrived in good time to sit quietly exchanging conversation as we waited patiently, watching proceedings in the church from the ringing room. ItContinue reading “Ringing for a Wedding”