July was an extraordinarily busy
month up here in the Tower; five
Sundays, two weddings, a Parish Fete, an Olympic Torch relay and the opening
of the Olympic Games all of which needed
ringing for! This was, without doubt,
the busiest month I have known since I started ringing.
At the Parish Fete we were asked
to follow the same format as last year i.e. we rang for 15 minutes up the Fete
opening time and then, having shut the shutters to deaden the noise, had the
tower open for an hour. However actually
up in the tower we decided this year and to ring more for the visitors to watch
and shorten the time each person had “having a go”. This seemed to go down very well and we even
got some rounds of applause! One or two
people expressed an interest in learning to ring so I am hoping we can start
teaching some new recruits in the autumn.
Overall we managed to raise nearly £25 which meant that we had over 50
people come and visit us.
In the true tradition of “ringing for events of national importance” six
of us gathered up in the belfry on Friday 13th July at 11.45am to
ring a quarter peal for the Olympic Torch relay. Unfortunately we were unable
to ring all 8 bells due to work, school and road closures! However we rang a very nice quarter of Plain Bob Doubles finishing at 12.30; leaving
us just enough time to run up the road, grab a pint from the Black Swan, and
watch the torch go past.
Friday 27th July again
saw a gathering of ringers up in the belfry, this time to ring for the Opening
of the London 2012 Olympic Games. We
rang a quarter peal of Grandsire Triples starting just after 6pm leaving us
plenty of time to get home and eat before settling down to watch the Opening
Ceremony.
And what a games it was! I loved every single minute of the next 16
days!
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