Dear all, a reminder that the 8 bell practice will be held on Friday 4 October, 7.30pm at Castor.

The practice will include rounds, and methods ranging from Plain Hunt to Surprise Major.

Whatever your ability, you will be made very welcome and the ringing will be organised to suit your requirements.

Best wishes,

Hilary Hardie

Hello all,

I have arranged open ringing at St John the Baptist, Peterborough for the Ladies Guild QP weekend that is being held in Peterborough this year. The invitation to St John’s is open to all bell ringers who would like to come along.

Ringing is from 7.30pm and we will gather in the church before via the north door opposite McDonalds.

Please can you let me know if you will be coming long so we can watch out for you arriving.

Regards

Elaine Wilkinson

07985802067

Thankyou to Diana and Elaine for organising a great afternoon out today. We all had such a good time ringing three lovely sets of bells in Twyford, Cranford St John and Barton Seagrave and enjoyed the novel challenge of ringing 8 counter clockwise.

Thankyou too to those churches for allowing us to ring today and our non ringing members of the party found all three places historically very interesting.

Afternoon tea was delicious too and the sporadic heavy rainfall did not spoil our day.

What a lovely way to spend a wet afternoon!

Dear all, just a reminder that the ringing and afternoon tea outing is taking place this coming Sunday, September 22nd.

All the details of the churches we will be visiting, timings and postcodes can be found in the EVENTS section of the petbells web site. To view click here

Tower fees will be £1 per person per tower

Afternoon tea will be at Bosworths Aspen cafe, Burton Latimer, NN15 5QA. It is £4.50 for scone, jam, cream and a drink or £12.50 for the full afternoon tea.

Please book tea by Thursday 19th. To book simply click here 

Thanks to Diana for organising this popular event and I look forward to seeing many of you soon.

Best wishes

Sylvia

Tea

Have you wondered about making the leap into surprise ringing with Cambridge Minor?

Have you rung Cambridge but need more opportunity to crack it?

Have you tried to ring it but it didn’t go well?

If you recognise yourself in any of these descriptions then the branch Cambridge workshops are for you. There will be two workshops, one theory/learning at my home, the second practical at a tower.

If you are interested please drop me an email and we can arrange a date to meet that suits the group.

Finally, if you are not sure if you are at the right stage then your tower captain should be able to advise you, or email me to discuss.

James

Dear all, a reminder that the 8 bell practice will be held on Friday 6 September, 7.30pm at Castor.

The practice will include rounds, and methods ranging from Plain Hunt to Surprise Major.

Whatever your ability, you will be made very welcome and the ringing will be organised to suit your requirements.

I hope to see you there.

Hilary Hardie

Taylor’s bell foundry is taking part in the annual Heritage open day this year, opening its doors on Saturday 14^th September between 10:30 & 2:30 pm. See this link for more information: https://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/visiting/event/loughborough-bellfoundry-open-day

The Loughborough bellfoundry Trust also have a Facebook page with the same information, if that’s easier for you to access. https://www.facebook.com/events/2390375877872164/

Also in Loughborough, the Carillon tower is open on the same day. A walk between the Tower and the bell foundry is planned for 1pm. Victorian fancy dress is encouraged. We’d like photos if anyone does go in fancy dress. https://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/visiting/event/carillon-tower