Offputting projections during a quarter peal, but attractive from the outside. 🔔https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1907801https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1907801
November 30, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Offputting projections during a quarter peal, but attractive from the outside. 🔔https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1907801https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1907801
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Autumnal days at Bishop’s House garden.
November 26, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Autumnal days at Bishop’s House garden.
Only one of three quarter peal attempts scored this weekend, but at least it was the one that I most wanted 🔔🎉
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1320 Grandsire Cinques rung at Norwich (St Peter Mancroft), Norfolk
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November 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Only one of three quarter peal attempts scored this weekend, but at least it was the one that I most wanted 🔔🎉
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The farmer is local church treasurer & bellringer. He is taking us up the belfry tonight.
November 22, 2025 at 5:37 PM
The farmer is local church treasurer & bellringer. He is taking us up the belfry tonight.
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THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent horses and ponies I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
November 21, 2025 at 10:32 AM
THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent horses and ponies I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
265th anniversary of death 💀 🔔
November 17, 2025 at 12:43 PM
265th anniversary of death 💀 🔔
Was it wise to go to a wine tasting the night before a peal attempt? 🔔 I guess I'll find out in the morning.
November 14, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Was it wise to go to a wine tasting the night before a peal attempt? 🔔 I guess I'll find out in the morning.
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We put in a very strong performance at practice night - we managed some home grown Cambridge Minor on the front six and, wonder of wonders, managed a touch of Stedman Triples 🙌 this all made up for having to ring Aberdare St Elevan Place Triples …
November 11, 2025 at 9:44 PM
We put in a very strong performance at practice night - we managed some home grown Cambridge Minor on the front six and, wonder of wonders, managed a touch of Stedman Triples 🙌 this all made up for having to ring Aberdare St Elevan Place Triples …
Ringing on the minor 10 as I left tower 1. 🔔
November 9, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Ringing on the minor 10 as I left tower 1. 🔔
I actually rang in something at the scary tower this morning that was declared "good". 🔔
November 2, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I actually rang in something at the scary tower this morning that was declared "good". 🔔
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Some signs from the ringing weekend in Derbyshire, including a peal board from 1944 (not a lot of wartime peal boards, due to restrictions on ringing at that time).
October 26, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Some signs from the ringing weekend in Derbyshire, including a peal board from 1944 (not a lot of wartime peal boards, due to restrictions on ringing at that time).
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Today's the feast of Sts Crispin and Crispinian, 3rd Century Diocletian martyrs, and the patron saints of shoemakers, cobblers, saddlers and leather workers. A 16th Century roundel in a side chapel of Kings College Chapel, Cambridge, shows them both busy at work.
October 25, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Today's the feast of Sts Crispin and Crispinian, 3rd Century Diocletian martyrs, and the patron saints of shoemakers, cobblers, saddlers and leather workers. A 16th Century roundel in a side chapel of Kings College Chapel, Cambridge, shows them both busy at work.
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Sixty years ago this week I had my first bellringing lesson. Wow, what an impact that almost chance happening (I only went to watch!) has had on my life. Many thanks to this group, especially to my friend David and of course Alan, both sadly like many in this picture no longer with us.
October 22, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Sixty years ago this week I had my first bellringing lesson. Wow, what an impact that almost chance happening (I only went to watch!) has had on my life. Many thanks to this group, especially to my friend David and of course Alan, both sadly like many in this picture no longer with us.
We were short of ringers at the scary tower this morning, so, for once, my limited abilities were appreciated. In a first, we rang some pleasant surprise minor at the second tower, and ringing at the third tower was also okay. (No, @annetansleythomas.bsky.social - not because you weren't there!)🙂🔔
October 19, 2025 at 11:27 AM
We were short of ringers at the scary tower this morning, so, for once, my limited abilities were appreciated. In a first, we rang some pleasant surprise minor at the second tower, and ringing at the third tower was also okay. (No, @annetansleythomas.bsky.social - not because you weren't there!)🙂🔔
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I’m leading a tour of 18 churches in Hampshire. This is Fareham, St Peter and St Paul. Visible Saxon origins and thirteenth and twentieth century rebuilds. Only 17 churches to go!
October 10, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I’m leading a tour of 18 churches in Hampshire. This is Fareham, St Peter and St Paul. Visible Saxon origins and thirteenth and twentieth century rebuilds. Only 17 churches to go!
I didn't get told off at the scary tower this morning. 🙂 TC at the friendly tower tried to overcome our number confusion in call changes by using people's names, only to discover some not only got confused about other ringers' names, but also forgot their own. 😬 Lots of surprise minor at tower 3. 🔔
October 5, 2025 at 11:31 AM
I didn't get told off at the scary tower this morning. 🙂 TC at the friendly tower tried to overcome our number confusion in call changes by using people's names, only to discover some not only got confused about other ringers' names, but also forgot their own. 😬 Lots of surprise minor at tower 3. 🔔
Bin out quarter peal ringing today.
October 3, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Bin out quarter peal ringing today.
Having a wish-my-ringing-was-better sort of a night. 🔔
September 29, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Having a wish-my-ringing-was-better sort of a night. 🔔
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Welcome home to the toroa/albatross. May you nest safely, may your eggs hatch, and may your chicks get fat and fluffy.
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Bells signal albatross homecoming
Bells rang throughout Dunedin yesterday, marking the homecoming of an albatross (toroa) to the mainland. The first returner of the season was KM ...
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September 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Welcome home to the toroa/albatross. May you nest safely, may your eggs hatch, and may your chicks get fat and fluffy.
www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin...
www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin...
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The bells rang in Dunedin yesterday. The annual tradition celebrates the return of the Northern Royal Albatrosses to the Taiaroa Head colony, the only mainland breeding colony for this endangered species. Bells from all over the city chime at a predetermined time. ☺️
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Bells ring in return of albatross, Ōtepoti | Dunedin New Zealand official website
Each spring enjoy the sounds of bells ringing throughout Dunedin, a unique tradition which marks the return of the albatross to the Otago Peninsula for breeding season.
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September 25, 2025 at 9:44 PM
The bells rang in Dunedin yesterday. The annual tradition celebrates the return of the Northern Royal Albatrosses to the Taiaroa Head colony, the only mainland breeding colony for this endangered species. Bells from all over the city chime at a predetermined time. ☺️
www.dunedinnz.com/insiders/bel...
www.dunedinnz.com/insiders/bel...
I found this an interesting listen, both in terms of politics, but also the attitudes of some ringers when novices join their tower practice and take up rope-time: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Rethink - Rethink... winners and losers - BBC Sounds
Why understanding zero-sum thinking can help explain modern politics and attitudes.
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September 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I found this an interesting listen, both in terms of politics, but also the attitudes of some ringers when novices join their tower practice and take up rope-time: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
One of those nights when hardly anything comes round...🔔
September 22, 2025 at 9:07 PM
One of those nights when hardly anything comes round...🔔
Trust the process, I whisper, just before dodging the wrong way at the very start of the touch. 🔔
September 22, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Trust the process, I whisper, just before dodging the wrong way at the very start of the touch. 🔔
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‘Ring out the bells aloud throughout the town’
Henry VI Part I (I, 6)
The Abbey bells ringing out following our annual service of thanksgiving and rededication on #BattleofBritain Sunday here earlier today
🔉Speakers on to enjoy their beautiful sound
#ShakespeareSunday
Henry VI Part I (I, 6)
The Abbey bells ringing out following our annual service of thanksgiving and rededication on #BattleofBritain Sunday here earlier today
🔉Speakers on to enjoy their beautiful sound
#ShakespeareSunday
September 21, 2025 at 12:18 PM
‘Ring out the bells aloud throughout the town’
Henry VI Part I (I, 6)
The Abbey bells ringing out following our annual service of thanksgiving and rededication on #BattleofBritain Sunday here earlier today
🔉Speakers on to enjoy their beautiful sound
#ShakespeareSunday
Henry VI Part I (I, 6)
The Abbey bells ringing out following our annual service of thanksgiving and rededication on #BattleofBritain Sunday here earlier today
🔉Speakers on to enjoy their beautiful sound
#ShakespeareSunday