Practice Night at Beetley

With the on going work at Swanton Morley Church the ringers decided to move the practice for one week to Beetley. There are 8 bells at Beetley with the Tenor weighing just over 4 cwt (slightly lighter then our number 3 bell). Due to their weight Beetley bells can be very interesting to ring, however the small band that rang on Friday managed to ring some well struck bob doubles and st Martins on them. It is hoped that in the coming months the Swanton Morley Bell Ringers will make it a regular practice over at Beetley.

The Drama of the Cracked Stay!

There was some drama at the practice night tonight as the stay on number 5 dropped out whilst it was being run by a new learner, Lee Fox. During the early stages of learning the new ringing learns to ring one  of the strokes at a time with the tutor keeping hold of the rope at all times. Whilst Lee was ringing the handstroke with Brian the stay dropped out (its not really supposed to do this!). Brian safely got the bell back down so the stay could be retrevied. Upon inspection we learnt that the stay had rotten through however it was impossible to see this on routine inspections. 

A New Practice at All Saints

A new monthly practice started at All Saints today. Ringers from towers in surrounding villages came together to focus on one specific method. This month the focus was Grandshire Doubles. It is hoped that this practice will become a regular fixture in the monthly calendar at All Saints.