One thing I really like about #bellringing is the chance to visit parts of churches the general public doesn't usually get to see. Access to the ringing room at Southwell is up a spiral staircase, across a walkway in the south transept, and then up another spiral staircase. Nice bells, the only ring of 12 bells where the ropes hang in anticlockwise order. It takes a while to get used to looking in the other direction.

#bellringing at Southwell today with the ladies guild.

Looking forward to having a ring here soon. #bellringing #peakdistrict #derbyshire

Four images taken tonight at the University Bellringing practice. Went along to get some photos and video for the newsletter and website, so thought I may as well indulge in some photography for myself as well.
For non-ringers, the bells upset sign doesn't mean someone has been mean to them! Its a warning sign that the bells are in the up position, resting with the mouth of the bell facing upwards, and it is therefore dangerous to pull on the ropes unless you know what you're doing.
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Plain Bob Triples at Holy Trinity Drumbo

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A busy day with #bellringing related stuff today. 2nd day of the Association of Ringing Teachers conference, but I snuck out with some friends to go and ring a quarter peal at a nearby church for International Womens Day. A band of Ladies Guild members. I called Bob Minor - my first time without a backup keeping an eye on me, and I turned the tenor in, my heaviest bell turned into a quarter on 6 bells!
Back to the conference, then another quarter peal at the end with fellow conferencees, via a pit stop to tape up my blisters, so I just rang the tenor behind. A very pleasant quarter of grandsire triples.
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Good ringing practice tonight. Slow start as a few people couldn't make it until after 8, and quite a few of our ringers not around. But we had 2 visitors from 2 different towers whose practices had been cancelled. Highlight of the evening getting one of the visitors, Rob, to ring plain bob doubles for the first time ever. As well as him doing really well, the rest of the band got stickers too as they stayed nice and steady, a real achievement as we only had one experienced ringer (me) in the band!
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Thought we'd try out the 12 bell practice at St Margarets tonight. More time sitting out than at our usual practices, so get to peruse the peal boards. This one is interesting, dating from 1777. I like how "ten thousand and eighty" the number of changes rang, is in slightly bigger letters. They were obviously proud of it, though it looks like they lost it in the morning and tried again later in the day!
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