Rachel’s last practice began in the usual way, with a couple of drinks at the Bounds. I was very excited when I discovered that Spoons have a ‘Gin Festival’ – G&Ts were cheaper than usual, and there were lots of…
Christmas shoot for Capital FM!
On the 10th day of the month October, in the year 2018, the committee received a rather strange email. An email many members were unsure about. Was it real? It began with ‘Hi, I have an odd request’, and the…
SUA 2018
To Southampton I went for SUA No one else was going, so overnight I did not stay I rang in a scratch band with the CUG and Matt Child They let us ring early so everyone smiled The scratch bands…
Summer tour 2018
Summer tour began for me at Heathrow Airport, where I picked up Kate and Tom. The the first half of the journey was very slow and uneventful, but things got more exciting when Tom directed me off the M3 onto…
Ringing Remembers Poster and images
Please find attached a poster from Big Ideas Co who are working with the CCCBR on the Ringing Remembers campaign. Please circulate this to your towers and encourage them to put it up in church and village notice boards. There…
SUA 2017
Ahhh, SUA. After the previous years attendance, I didn’t think this year could be any worse, so agreed to help out and go along. It was to be three lowly ULers tracking over to Bristol this year, only for the…
Welcome back!
Hello UL! It’s that wonderful time of year again, the start of the new academic year. It means only one thing and that is it’s time for UL ringing to start up again! I can already hear your cries of…
Early Summer Tour-Crawl
This year’s early summer tour-crawl began as St Anne Limehouse, where nine of us fought our way through seemingly abandoned piles of music stands and instruments at the back of the church to find the tower entrance. 45 minutes later,…
Pancake Tuesday 2017
Shrove Tuesday this year saw the UL pancake party hosted by Bex at her amazing flat at St Thomas’ Hospital. After finding our way through the distinctively hospital-smelling lower floors, we were greeted by a panorama of the Houses of…
Peal Weekend 2017
This year, ULSCR peal weekend took place on the weekend of the 10th-12th February. Three peals were organised, one for each day, as there wasn’t strong demand for *too much* bellringing. I agreed with the chosen conductors that they would…