Easter tour took the UL to Lichfield, home of our esteemed master Rachel. After her sterling efforts in organising the weekend, she was unfortunately taken ill before the first bell was rung and had to spend the whole time in bed recovering. The first stop of the weekend was at Lichfield cathedral on Friday evening, […]
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 different gins to try. I carefully selected one from the ‘gin menu’, and then was
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This year, Roger Bailey day began with a first attempt at a quarter peal for me! Having already acquired a reputation for breaking stays, this was a risky and possibly premature procedure. However, it all turned out well and no bells were harmed in this performance of Plain Bob doubles. An intrepid group of UL
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The 73rd ULSCR Annual Dinner Weekend began with ringing at Seps on Friday evening. After demonstrating that my ringing has not improved substantially since last year and my striking, as ever is an optional extra, I decided to lead a charge off to the nearby Blackfriar pub for the part of ringing I generally consider
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To Southampton I went for SUANo one else was going, so overnight I did not stayI rang in a scratch band with the CUG and Matt ChildThey let us ring early so everyone smiled The scratch bands came second: Oxford and Bristol won,The Ceilidh was tiring, but lots of funWe rang the Hartley 12 at
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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 title ‘Hand bell ringers required for a Christmas shoot for Capital FM’. The message also
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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 a ‘shortcut’. Unfortunately, I came off at the wrong junction and then we were immediately
