Just a reminder from Diana of the details of the popular “Ring For Your Cream Tea” outing on Sunday 29 September.

12:30 -1:15pm Great Casterton PE9 4AN   Bells: 6 Tenor: 5-1-18 in A♭ Ground Floor  toilet

1:30 – 2:15pm  Ryhall                  PE9 4HR   Bells: 6 Tenor: 11-1-5 in F                    toilet 

 2:30 – 3:15pm  Greatford           PE9 4PX    Bells: 6 Tenor 6–1–4 in B♭  Ground Floor      toilet 

 3:30pm  Waterside Garden Centre, just off the A15 at King St, Baston  PE6 9NY

I usually give a donation to each tower, so I would appreciate a rope fee of £1.50 per tower, or £4 for all towers, to cover this, given to me on the day, please?

Ringers are welcome to join us at any or all of the Towers, even if they cannot come to the Cream Tea. 

Also families and friends are welcome to join in the Cream Tea, whether coming to the Towers or not; we will be pleased to see everyone. It is a good opportunity to get to know other better, as chatting is not always possible inside towers. Many people come for the company, and to catch up with friends’ news since last year!! Not all of the conversations are about bell ringing, so please feel free to join us.  

Details of the Cream Tea Menu choices below. Please let me have your choices – food and drink – and any allergies, by Thursday 19^th September, so I can make a timely order for The Waterside Garden Centre.

I look forward to receiving your tea order and to seeing you, at some point, on the afternoon of Sunday 29^th September 2024, if not before.

Please forward to anyone else who would like to come and has not seen an invite anywhere – sorry I cannot see who is on Petbells. 

Please email me if there is anything I have missed and/or anything you need to know. 

Take care,
Diana
diana_cherryfields@yahoo.co.uk

The cream teas are £7.99 for one or £12 for two.  They consist of a coffee or pot of tea and a fruit scone with jam (with a choice of raspberry or strawberry jam ) and clotted cream. If anyone would rather a cheese scone please say, as that is fine.

The full afternoon teas are £19.99 for one or £35 for two, see below or follow this link  https://www.watersidegardencentre.co.uk/pub/media/wysiwyg/oasis/Oasis_Restaurant_Afternoon_Tea24.pdf

Are you interested in developing your striking skills in a supportive and encouraging environment?

The competition is taking place at 4pm on Saturday, 14th September in Byfield, near Daventry. Two members have already expressed their willingness to take part, and we’re looking for six more ringers to join the team representing the Peterborough Branch.

You do not need to be an expert to participate—this is a chance for everyone to practice and improve their striking. If you’re comfortable with Plain Bob Triples or Grandsire Triples, this is a perfect development opportunity to hone your skills with the support of fellow ringers.

If you’re interested, please contact secretary@peterborough.pdg.org.uk

Seems we had every variety of weather over the Bank Holiday weekend. I didn’t see any snow, but I don’t put it past the weather gods to have thrown some in somewhere… I had washing on the line and a very close eye on the clouds! Hope your long weekend was interesting, relaxing or productive, as you needed It to be. 

Summer Festival 

14^th September sees the Guild’s Summer Festival. It will be held in the Daventry branch and the arrangements are as follows:

• 2:00 Ringing at Everdon
• 3:00 Ringing at Badby
• 4:00 Contest and tea at Byfield, then meeting at 6pm & evening ringing

Team entries to Master, Simon Dixon by 7^th September, draw to be made in advance. 

Names for tea to Alison Buck on Secretary@daventry.pdg.org.uk

Guild 10 bell

The morning of the Summer Festival sees the Guild 10 bell practice at Daventry from 10:30 to 12:30. For anyone who wants to try ringing on 10, or for those looking for some practice on higher numbers. It is in the right corner of the Guild to go on to the Summer Festival. 

Centenary Dinner

To be held Saturday 12^th October in Kettering Park Spa Hotel (off the A14) at 6:30 for 7:15 pm. Tickets are £45 per person and are available from centenary@pdg,org.uk. Be good to see you there in your posh togs!  The menu is now available here: https://pdg.org.uk/latest-news/guild-centenary-dinner-menu. For the gluten free, all items except those marked, can be made suitable, we just need to know that. There is also a vegan menu available. 

CCCBR News

The President’s latest blog. https://cccbr.org.uk/2024/08/25/presidents-blog-95/ Complete with new logo. 

If you have university age ringers about to head off to exciting adventures, they can access the Young Ringers Hub. https://cccbr.org.uk/2024/08/25/going-to-uni-or-leaving-home-find-a-place-to-ring/

The CCCBR is holding a consultation on Ringing 2030. This meeting is open to all. https://cccbr.org.uk/2024/08/15/ringing-2030-open-meeting/

September sees Heritage Open days. https://cccbr.org.uk/2024/08/19/heritage-open-days-2024-6-15-september/ If your tower is participating, do let us know the details and we’ll help publicise your event. 

Diocese news

On Sunday 22^nd September, Bishop Debbie is hosting a service celebrating the 30^th anniversary of the ordination of women. You may like to take the opportunity to ring to mark this. 

https://www.peterborough-diocese.org.uk/events-training/events/celebration-of-30th-anniversary-of-the-ordination-of-women.php

Dates for the Diary

Guild 10 bell Saturday 14th September 10:30 am. Daventry

Guild Summer Festival Saturday 14th September 2:00 Everdon. 3:00 Badby, 4:00 Byfield contest & tea 6:00meeting followed by evening ringing. 

Centenary Dinner Saturday 12^th October 6:30 for 7:15 Kettering Park Spa Hotel. Tickets £45 per person from centenary@pdg.org.uk

And Branch events. 

Culworth Branch Practice Saturday 31^st August, 7:30 King’s Sutton

Rutland Branch Practice Wednesday 4^th September 7:30 Cottesmore

Thrapston Branch Practice Friday 6^th September7:30 Islip

Guilsborough Branch Practice Saturday 7^th September 3:00 Marston Trussell, 6:00 Welford

Rutland Branch 8 bell Practice Tuesday 17^th September 7:30 Oakham

Thrapston Branch Practice Thursday 19^th September 2:30 Wadenhoe

Kettering Branch Practice & Social, Saturday 21^st September 2:00 Cransley, 3:20 Scaldwell

Daventry Branch Practice, Saturday 21^st September 3:00 Newnham, 6:30 Church Stowe

Culworth Branch Practice Saturday 21^st September, 7:30 Upper Boddington

Towcester Branch Practice & Quiz Saturday 28^th September 5:45 Towcester

Northampton Branch Practice Saturday 28^th September 7:00 Duston

And that’s me done for now. I just need to remember tomorrow is Tuesday even though it will feel like Monday! 

Helen

Summer Festival. 

14^th September sees the Guild’s Summer Festival. It will be held in the Daventry branch and the arrangements are as follows:

• 2:00 Ringing at Everdon
• 3:00 Ringing at Badby
• 4:00 Contest and tea at Byfield, then meeting at 6pm & evening ringing

Team entries to Master, Simon Dixon by 7^th September, draw to be made in advance. 

Names for tea to Alison Buck on Secretary@daventry.pdg.org.uk

The rules allow for a youth team to enter, and Justin Baker is trying to augment the team that rang at the RWNYC last month. If any of your young ringers are interested in forming part of the team, please get in touch with him. ringing_master@daventry.pdg.org.uk He’s also trying to organise the grownups of the Daventry branch. I wonder which is the harder task! 

Guild 100^th Anniversary

Outing & Picnic at Rutland Water

Looking forward, the next 100^th anniversary event is the Outing and picnic on 10^th August around Rutland Water. Towers and timings are as follows:

1:00-2:00	Ashwell	LE15 7LP	6
2:10-2:55	Cottesmore	LE15 7BW	6
3:10-3:50	Hambleton	LE15 8TH	5
4:05-4:35	Lyndon	LE15 8TU	4
4:40-5:20	Edith Weston	LE15 8EY	6

Afterwards we’ll move to Rutland Water Beach Car Park, Sykes Lane LE15 8QL.  For this part of the occasion, please bring your own sandwiches etc. I’ve been rummaging and have found Granny’s very 1950s picnic basket, which might make an appearance. There is a play area, take-away café (which may be closed soon after we get there), and toilets.  Parking costs £2 per hour, and the car park stays open until 8pm.

As a large group, we need to let the site know how many are coming, so if you think you might like to join us, please let us know on centenary@pdg.org.uk. 

Stanwick Lakes day out. 

Our last event was the Day out at Stanwick Lakes. It was good to see so many people coming, truing the various ringing related activities and socialising. The picnic benches were populated by most of the day. Even the weather held off, with just a few drops of rain during the day. There’s a write up on the Guild & diocese websites. https://pdg.org.uk/latest-news/guild-day-out-turns-out-well &  https://www.peterborough-diocese.org.uk/aboutus/news/centenary-celebrations-continue-with-a-day-out-at-stanwick-lakes-.php. It was something quite different for the Guild to undertake. If anyone wants to borrow some of the publicity materials. the wombel, or the competitions, please get in touch. 

Centenary Dinner

To be held Saturday 12^th October in Kettering Park Spa Hotel (off the A14) at 6:30 for 7:15 pm. Tickets are £45 per person and are available from centenary@pdg,org.uk. Menu choices will be shared shortly. Be good to see you there in your posh togs!  

CCCBR News

The President’s latest blog. https://cccbr.org.uk/2024/07/27/presidents-blog-94/

The CCCBR meeting is in September. https://cccbr.org.uk/about/annual-meetings/2024-annual-meeting/ If anyone has any comments they can be passed on to your Guild Representatives. Mail them on cc_reps@pdg.org.uk

As requested by the Guild’s AGM , the Guild has written to the CCCBR to raise our disappointment in the way the Old Black Lion project was ultimately handled. 

Dates for the Diary

Guild Outing and Picnic  Saturday 10^th August 1:00 ringing at towers round Rutland Water, Picnic, 5:30Rutland Water Beach Car Park, Sykes Lane LE15 8QL. 

Guild 10 bell Saturday 14th September 10:30 am. Daventry

Guild Summer Festival Saturday 14th September 2:00 Everdon. 3:00 Badby, 4:00 Byfield contest & tea 6:00meeting followed by evening ringing. 

And Branch events. 

Rutland Branch 8 bell Practice Thursday 15^th August 7:30 Uppingham

Daventry: Branch Practice, Saturday 17^th August 3:00 Staverton, 6:30 Hellidon

Culworth Branch Practice Saturday 17^th August, 7:30 Greatworth

Thrapston Branch Practice Thursday 22^nd August 2:30 Wadenhoe

Culworth Branch Practice Saturday 31^st August, 7:30 King’s Sutton

Rutland Branch Practice Wednesday 4^th September 7:30 Cottesmore

Thrapston Branch Practice Friday 6^th September7:30 Islip

Guilsborough Branch Practice Saturday 7^th September 3:00 Marston Trussell, 6:00 Welford

And finally.

I always have an eye open for a book that features bells or ringing in the title or plot. I’m hoping, one day, to find something to rival The Nine Tailors. The title “The Bells of Little Woodford” by Catherine Jones caught my eye in the library recently. It starts with a broken stay that gives rise to a broken leg and a frame inspection shows that the base beams are unstable, so ringing is stopped. The fund raising is complicated by the incomers to the village who are anti sound pollution. I can’t recommend it as a guide on how to manage an accident, a fund raising activity or a noise complaint. The bells really serve as backdrop to the village goings on. In the afterword, the author didn’t know anything of ringing before she started her research. To do her credit, it’s not wildly inaccurate, I’m just not sure it’s a very good advertisement for ringing. See what you think. 

See you on Saturday! Fingers crossed for nice weather. 

Helen

Come along and ring Bourne and/ or Cambridge with fellow ringers from the Peterborough branch and enjoy the wonderful views from the church in Cotterstock.

Looking forward to seeing you.

Elaine and Jane


Thanks again

Jane

Saturday 31 August 2024, from 12.40pm

Sue Marsden is arranging a ring for a wedding on Saturday 31 August from 12.40pm and is short of a couple of ringers. Rope fee paid £25..

Please either reply to this post or contact Sue if you have her contact details if you are available and willing to ring.

Jane

Dear all, Diana has now confirmed the details of the popular “Ring For Your Cream Tea” outing on Sunday 29 September.

12:30 -1:15pm Great Casterton PE9 4AN   Bells: 6 Tenor: 5-1-18 in A♭ Ground Floor  toilet

1:30 – 2:15pm  Ryhall                  PE9 4HR   Bells: 6 Tenor: 11-1-5 in F                    toilet

 2:30 – 3:15pm  Greatford           PE9 4PX    Bells: 6 Tenor 6–1–4 in B♭  Ground Floor      toilet 

 3:30pm  Waterside Garden Centre, just off the A15 at King St, Baston  PE6 9NY

I usually give a donation to each tower, so I would appreciate a rope fee of £1.50 per tower, or £4 for all towers, to cover this, please.

Ringers are welcome to join us at any or all of the Towers, even if they cannot come to the Cream Tea.

Also families and friends are welcome to join in the Cream Tea, whether coming to the Towers or not; we will be pleased to see everyone. It is a good opportunity to get to know others better, as chatting is not always possible inside towers. Many people come for the company, and to catch up with friends’ news since last year!! Not all of the conversations are about bell ringing, so please feel free to join us.  

Details of the Cream Tea Menu choices below. Please let me have your choices – food and drink – and any allergies, by Thursday 19^th September, so I can make a timely order for The Waterside Garden Centre.

I look forward to receiving your tea order and to seeing you, at some point, on the afternoon of Sunday 29^th September 2024, if not before.

Please email me if there is anything I have missed and/or anything you need to know. 

Take care,

Diana diana_cherryfields@yahoo.co.uk

The cream teas are £7.99 for one or £12 for two.  They consist of a coffee or pot of tea and a fruit scone with jam (I asked for raspberry not strawberry jam ) and clotted cream. If anyone would rather a cheese scone please say, as that is fine.

The full afternoon teas are £19.99 for one or £35 for two, see below or follow this link  https://www.watersidegardencentre.co.uk/pub/media/wysiwyg/oasis/Oasis_Restaurant_Afternoon_Tea24.pdf

Congratulations

I am very happy to start with congratulations to the young ringers from the Guild that went to London on Saturday to take part in the RWNYC. They rang call changes on 6 bells and came in 4^th. Well done! 

It was the first time the Guild’s entered a team in this competition. They were one of 30 teams and over 300 young ringers running around London on Saturday. We hope they had a great time and look forward to hearing all about it.  

Results are on the Bellboard front page at the moment. https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/

 

Guild day out at Stanwick Lakes

Saturday 13^th July sees our next PDG100 event. This is at Stanwick Lakes. We have a location near the visitor centre where we will have the Maplestead mini ring available and the Guild training bell set up. These will be available for ringers to try and for the general public to introduce them to bellringing. We’ll also have some ringing themed activities and crafts for the youngsters. Branches have been asked to provide some people to assist, but we’ll be pleased to see you at any time of the day. 

This is one of the busiest days of the year at Stanwick Lakes, so there should be plenty of people to talk to and raise awareness of ringing and what goes on upstairs. 

The visitor centre is open from 10 am to 5 pm. We hope to see you there at some point. 

 

CCCBR News

At the CCCBR meeting in September, there will be an election of an Ordinary Trustee. Nominations are being sought and more details can be found here. https://cccbr.org.uk/2024/07/07/nominations-for-cccbr-trustee/

You may also like to look at the Charity Commission definition of the duties and requirements of a trustee.   https://www.gov.uk/guidance/charity-trustee-whats-involved

 

Guild 10 bell

This was held on Saturday 29^th June at Towcester and there were ~ 20 people up the tower. We rang lots of Grandsire & Little bob for those with less experience on 10 bells. For others it was a chance to be stretched, with Cambridge, Yorkshire & Stedman also featuring. We finished with rounds & call changes on all 12 and some Stedman Cinques. 

The next 10 bell is at Daventry on Saturday 14^thSeptember. 

 

Guild Outing and Picnic

The August event is a ringing outing and picnic. Towers and timings are as follows:

1:00-2:00

Ashwell

LE15 7LP

6

2:10-2:55

Cottesmore

LE15 7BW

6

3:10-3:50

Hambleton

LE15 8TH

5

4:05-4:35

Lyndon

LE15 8TU

4

4:40-5:20

Edith Weston

LE15 8EY

6

Afterwards we’ll move to Rutland Water Beach Car Park, Sykes Lane LE15 8QL.  For this part of the occasion, please bring your own sandwiches etc.  There is a play area, take-away café (which may be closed soon after we get there), and toilets.  Parking costs £2 per hour, and the car park stays open until 8pm.

As a large group, we need to let the site know how many are coming, so if you think you might like to join us, please let us know on centenary@pdg.org.uk. 

 

PDG100 ringing

In my last update I mentioned that the Guild wanted to achieve a piece of ringing in every tower across the diocese and that we were still a few short! Well a couple of towers have risen to the occasion. Duston dedicated a practice night to the anniversary, with 14 ringers participating. Meanwhile at Pytchley, the band rang a touch of 100 Bob Doubles, an appropriate length. Thank you to all involved for marking our anniversary in this way. Let’s hope that you’ve given other towers an idea to run with. 

 

Dates for the Diary

Guild Day Out Saturday 13^th July all day Stanwick Lakes

Guild Outing and Picnic  Saturday 10^th August 1:00 ringing at towers round Rutland Water, Picnic, 5:30 Rutland Water Beach Car Park, Sykes Lane LE15 8QL. 

 

And Branch events. 

Rutland Branch 8 bell Practice Tuesday 16^th July 7:30 Oakham

Thrapston Branch Practice Thursday 18^th July 2:30Thrapston

Wellingborough Surprise Practice, Saturday 20^thJuly,  10:30 Wilby

Wellingborough Branch Practice, Saturday 20^thJuly 2:30 Stanwick

Kettering Branch Practice, Saturday 20^th July, 2:00Wadenhoe, 3:30 Stoke Doyle

Daventry: Branch Practice, Saturday 20^th July 3:00Whilton, 6:30 Great Brington

Culworth Branch Practice Saturday 20^th July, 7:30Charwelton

Thrapston Branch Practice Friday 2^nd August 7:30Islip

Guilsborough Branch Practice Saturday 3^rd August 3:00 West Haddon, 6:00 Long Buckby

Peterborough Minor Social Sunday 4^th August 2:00Cotterstock

 

See you on Saturday!

Helen

Dear all, a reminder that the next major event in the Guild Centenary calendar is the day out at Stanwick Lakes next Saturday, 13 July. This will be an interesting day, with lots to do in addition to bell ringing, so I hope you will be able to join the Guild. The detailed information about the event is on a previous post

I am still short of volunteers to join the Branch for our slot on the mini ring from 2.30-3.30pm, Please let me know if you are available. https://petbells.org.uk/contact/chairman/

Hilary

Some admin and some advance notices this time. 

 

Guild day out at Stanwick Lakes

Saturday 13^th July sees our next PDG100 event. This is at Stanwick Lakes. We have a location near the visitor centre where we will have the Maplestead mini ring available and the Guild training bell set up. These will be available for ringers to try and for the general public to introduce them to bellringing. We’ll also have some ringing themed activities and crafts for the youngsters. Branches have been asked to provide some people to assist, but we’ll be pleased to see you at any time of the day. 

This is one of the busiest days of the year at Stanwick Lakes, so there should be plenty of people to talk to and raise awareness of ringing and what goes on upstairs. 

 

A poster for the next two events is available for you to put up in your tower.  https://pdg.org.uk/Events/2024_JulyAugust_poster.pdf

 

CCCBR News

At the last CCCBR annual meeting, the structure of fees was changed from a rate per representative to a flat fee per member. The flat fee was set at 20p per member. That was, for us, an increase in the amount we paid per year to be affiliated to the CCCBR from £160 to £188 in 2024. 

There is now a consultation from the CCCBR to raise the flat rate per member to 40p in 2025 and progressing to £1 per member in 2023. 

There is a consultation with sessions set up on 30^thJune and 3^rd July and a session for Treasurers in July. 

There are some brief consultation media available here https://cccbr.org.uk/2024/06/21/affiliation-fee-consultations-open-now/ and here https://cccbr.org.uk/ringing-2030/ringing-finance/.Theconsultation is all at quite short notice. You can communicate your thoughts directly to the CCCBR, or to one of the Guild’s four CC reps, cc_reps@pdg.org.uk, or you can let me know what you think.

 

Handbell concert

Nether Heyford church have invited the Welford handbell ringers to present a concert on Thursday 11^th July at 7:30 pm. Tickets are £10 for adults, £5 for under 16s and include a glass of something and nibbles. The concert will feature a range of light and classical music. The audience may also have the opportunity to try ringing off the table after the concert. Tickets can be obtained from Jane Rands, janerands@gmail.com

 

Guild’s centenary Dinner

Tickets are on sale for the Guild’s Centenary dinner. To be held at Ketting Park Spa Hotel on Saturday 12^th October, 6:30 for 7:15pm. Tickets are £45 per person. We have a fine array of speaker lined up, and are delighted that Bishop Debbie has accepted our invitation to speak. To register interest and get details of how to pay, contact centenary@pdg.org.uk.  Formal dress, so a chance to break out that posh togs and long frocks for a change. Who will you not recognise when not in their usual polo shirt & jeans! 

 

PDG100 ringing

At the AGM you’ll have seen the board of firsts that have been achieved across the Guild this year.  It can be seen here https://pdg.org.uk/latest-news/shout-out-for-success. If you think you have a first that’s not here, check it is entered on bellboard and linked to the PDG100 event. That can be done after the event. Alternatively, you still have 6 months to get that first of something. 

So far the range of firsts is from first Sunday Service ringing to first peal of Horton’s 4 spliced. Which just goes to show that no matter where you are in your ringing career, there is always something to achieve. 

 

We also aimed to achieve some ringing in each tower of the diocese. So far 82 different towers have reported a piece of ringing. With 271 towers in the diocese, that still leaves us some way to go. OK, so some are unringable, but that’s still 160 or so towers. Have you rung for the anniversary yet? If you need help to ring something specific, get in tough with your branch or neighbouring towers. 

 

Dates for the Diary

Guild 10-bell Practice  Saturday 29^th June. 10:30, Towcester. 

Guild Day Out Saturday 13^th July all day Stanwick Lakes

 

And Branch events. 

Culworth Branch Practice Saturday 29^th June 7:30Aynho. 

Rutland Branch practice Thursday 4^th July 7:00Great Casterton

Thrapston Branch Practice Friday 5^th July 7:30 Islip

Guilsborough Branch Practice Saturday 6^th July 3:00 Great Oxendon, 6:00 Kelmarsh

Rutland Branch 8 bell Practice Tuesday 16^th July 7:30 Oakham

Thrapston Branch Practice Thursday 18^th July 2:30Thrapston

Wellingborough Surprise Practice, Saturday 20^thJuly,  10:30 Wilby

Wellingborough Branch Practice, Saturday 20^thJuly 2:30 Stanwick

Kettering Branch Practice, Saturday 20^th July, 2:00Wadenhoe, 3:30 Stoke Doyle

Daventry: Branch Practice, Saturday 20^th July 3:00Whilton, 6:30 Great Brington

Culworth Branch Practice Saturday 20^th July, 7:30Charwelton

 

And with that I will sign off and go and bask in what remains of the sun. Maybe this is summer at last… 

 

Thanks

Helen