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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”

Always looking for opportunities, a gap in the diary when key ringers were available allowed us to organise a Grandsire Doubles workshop on Saturday 11th November 2023. It had been on the cards for a while and we were pleased to be able to ‘tick this one off’. We ring Grandsire on practice nights butContinue reading “Grandsire Doubles Workshop”

Josh has been ringing for 10 months and making good progress, moving on to ringing Plain Hunt on the treble. He is ready to go on to ring the treble to Plain Bob Doubles and to ring the tenor behind but needs a very steady band to help with this, and a lighter tenor bell.Continue reading “Master Class for Josh”

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”