Tuesday 16th April was the 30th anniversary of me starting to ring (yes, I am that old!). To help me celebrate Lorna Curtis kindly arranged a quarter peal with lots of my friends from the Witney & Woodstock branch at Bicester. The chosen method (at my request) was Cambridge Surprise Major, something I used to love ringing, but haven’t managed more than half a course of in many years as we simply haven’t a band capable of ringing it in the Bicester branch. One day maybe..!
The quarter peal took 45 minutes which is pretty quick for the back 8 at Bicester and my hands now have 4 blisters to prove it, but it was worth it for such a good quarter peal – the ringing was very well struck and hardly any trips were made by anyone. My thanks to all those who came to help me celebrate (and joined me in the pub afterwards!). Full details:
Tuesday 16th April, Bicester
1250 Cambridge S. Major in 45 mins
1. Michael Probert
2. Brian Curtis
3. Roger Barnes
4. Lorna Curtis
5. Josie Irving
6. Richard White
7. Anthony Cole
8. Stuart Gibson (c)
To mark 30 years of ringing by 7.
The record on bellboard can be found here
Anthony Cole