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 19th 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 29th 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.
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.
Please join Elaine and I for a Surprise Minor Social at Nassington on Sunday 6 October 2024 between 2 and 4pm. Methods to revise: Cambridge, Primrose and London.
Be good to see you next weekend. The Harry Wooding trophy is a lovely item, a real item of craftmanship.
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 12th 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.
The hotel has requested all menu choices to be in by14th September. Yes, I know that seems very early. If you are thinking of coming, please get your choices in to me asap!
As had been discussed at our AGM, our representatives asked questions of the CCCBR executive in respect of their handling of the project at the Old Black Lion.
Fundraising event
The Greetham Clangers are having a concert by the Corby Male Voice Choir on Saturday 28th September at 7:30 in Greetham church. Tickets are £10 and proceeds will go to the restoration and refurbishment of Greetham bells. A poster is attached.
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 6:00 meeting followed by evening ringing.
Centenary Dinner Saturday 12th October 6:30 for 7:15 Kettering Park Spa Hotel. Tickets £45 per person from centenary@pdg.org.uk
And Branch events.
Rutland Branch 8 bell Practice Tuesday 17thSeptember 7:30 Oakham
Thrapston Branch Practice Thursday 19thSeptember 2:30 Wadenhoe
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 19th 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 29th 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.
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.
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
14th 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 7th September, draw to be made in advance.
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 12th 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.
On Sunday 22nd September, Bishop Debbie is hosting a service celebrating the 30th anniversary of the ordination of women. You may like to take the opportunity to ring to mark this.
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 100th Anniversary
Outing & Picnic at Rutland Water
Looking forward, the next 100th anniversary event is the Outing and picnic on 10th 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.
To be held Saturday 12th 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!
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 10th 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 15th August 7:30 Uppingham
Daventry: Branch Practice, Saturday 17th August 3:00 Staverton, 6:30 Hellidon
Culworth Branch Practice Saturday 17th August, 7:30 Greatworth
Thrapston Branch Practice Thursday 22nd August 2:30 Wadenhoe
Culworth Branch Practice Saturday 31st August, 7:30 King’s Sutton
Rutland Branch Practice Wednesday 4th September 7:30 Cottesmore
Thrapston Branch Practice Friday 6th September7:30 Islip
Guilsborough Branch Practice Saturday 7th 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.
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.
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 19th 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 29th September 2024, if not before.
Please email me if there is anything I have missed and/or anything you need to know.
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.
Peterborough Branch 