The Cornwall tour was arranged by Sean Langton, who began the tour with his home tower of St Columb Major on Friday night. As a passenger in the poodle-mobile I missed this; however we were compensated with Peters five things you never knew about Dorset & the Poodles marvellous music collection as we negotiated the […]
Cornwall Weekend Tour 4th-6th July 2008 Read More »
(…to the tune of “Teddy Bear’s Picnic”) If you went down to Hyde Park that day You’d better have brought some bread, If you went down to Hyde Park that day, Or had some good beer instead, For drinks and games they soon would commence, A sunny day! And so, it was hence, That was
The ULSCR, friends, relatives and the rest having gathered at the appointed time on the fourth Saturday in July settled to begin their adventure. I have, for my sins, been asked to recount the whole particulars about the Treasure Hunt, from the beginning to the end, keeping nothing back but the drunken ramblings and after
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Selected members of the UL congregated under Josie’s orders at Cecil Sharp House in Camden, for an evening of much music, frivolity, exercise and no ringing whatsoever. On Josie’s recommendation, we paid up for an evening consisting of precise instruction and general Ceilidh dancing. A live band with an instructor, several kilts in evidence, and
After the usual dithering and disinformation about the meeting place (thanks Charles!) the cars headed west on the M4. Andy and Rupert both seemed determined not to be overtaken by the other but Andy’s car appeared to be winning the race – until he mysteriously pulled over onto the hard shoulder. The mystery continued for
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(Some characters’ identities have been switched — a key is at the end of the weekend’s activities). Friday 28th March Total tenor weight: 11-1-12 Pub count: 3 Beer count: 43 pints The weekend kicked off to a good start with our first tower of the weekend, the 6 at St Aldate. Unfortunately I arrived just
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The UL made its annual pilgrimage to Lundy from February 29th – March 3rd, 2008. In accordance with Clare’s plans, the adventure began on Friday as we all converged on the pub in shifts via helicopter. After suitable fortification, Quentin led the exodus to the old lighthouse across the fields into gale-force winds and driving
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The Annual ULSCR Peal Weekend was held this year between the 8th and 10th of February. Friday night saw no less than three simultaneous attempts of Yorkshire Surprise Major take place, of which one in hand was successful. (The other handbell peal fired out after a valiant effort and the third, tower bell peal was
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This year the pancake party was kindly hosted by Lian. Lian had made up batches of pancake batter in advance. However, a combination of cookbook overestimation and UL appetites meant more was made up to use up all the eggs in the house. Poodle cuisine provided a Bolognese savoury filling to precede the menagerie of
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To avoid confusion, it had been decided that the tour formerly known as the “Freshers’ Tour II” would henceforth be called the Winter Tour. Helen Saddleton volunteered to organise the inaugural Winter Tour and it was a great success, as described below. Everyone met up bright and early at St Mary, Shenfield – well, everyone
