Hi all, As many of you will know, UL Summer Tour planning is well under way!!! When: 28th August – 4th September 2015 Where: This year we are planning on going to the Lincolnshire area. What you have to do: All you have to do at the moment is respond saying if you would like […]
On Friday 22nd August, the UL set off to embark on their grand tour of Wales. Some people were travelling by minibus all the way, whilst several of us had the luxury of car travel! Chris, our driver, Becca and I set off from Tulse Hill at some time in the morning and had a
Hi All, A message for anyone who won’t be on Summer tour: Simon Meyer urgently needs some more people to ring for a couple of weddings at St Mary-le-Bow this weekend. 23rd Aug – 15.00 – 1 more needed 24th Aug – 13.00 – 4 more needed Ringing is before and afterwards and you can
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The early summer tour of 2014 was to Canterbury, organised by Andrew Hills. We were based in a hall in Canterbury itself, and we struck gold this time as the showers were good and we didn’t have to move our stuff out of the halls during the day! The tour started on a drizzly Friday
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Come with me, and you’ll be in a world of pure imagination… or, as it is sometimes known, Birmingham. This year’s ULSCR Summer Tour took place in that magical ringing factory of the Midlands; kindly arranged by Harry, Jenny and Sophie, who we’ll call our resident “Wonkas”. Friday Arrival on Friday afternoon meant ringing at
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31st August 2012 After much hype and advertising, over the months since the previous tour, the day of the UL summer tour had finally arrived. Described as the UL event of the year this was not one to be missed! The UL descended upon Bolton from around the country, some having to leave at horrifically
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Monday, 3rd September The morning started off with a hand bell quarter in the kitchen. Theoretically it was the remnants from the gin drinking session the previous night with a 6 am start. This was the first summer tour quarter peal and also the last! University of London Society Bolton, Lancashire Orlando Halls, Flat Six
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Photo thanks to: Helen Saddleton, Jacqueline Bale, Lucy Bricheno and Tom Sibley [AFG_gallery id=’19’] Day 1 – Saturday 3rd September 2011: Most of the UL Summer Tour-ers arrived in Nottingham with one notable exception – Jenny Willis who managed to get the wrong train (claiming that there were 2 trains on the platform) and ended
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I awoke bright and early, raring to go and hot-footed it out to Kings Cross to catch the 8:10 train to Leeds. Unbeknownst to me Tom Wood and Hugh were also on this train and so, enlightened to this fact a while later, I went to join them, mildly concussing those I passed with my
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In true UL fashion, I am sitting here writing the story of a Summer Tour months after I have forgotten everything that happened and yet again wondering why I didn’t write this up 6 months ago while it was still fresh in my mind. Anyway, I’ll try and piece together what I can from a
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