On Monday 21st July Bicester hosted the (rescheduled) special practice for July. The methods nominated were Grandsire Doubles & Kent TB Minor. With a couple of people calling to apologise for non-attendance before the practice I was sceptical we would have enough to ring, but as usual when I get these feelings, I am proved wrong! 15 ringers from 6 branch towers came along (the main draw obviously being Grandsire Doubles). After ringing up (with a 10 year old showing how it is done!!) we started with plain courses of Grandsire Doubles before ringing up the back 4 so we could ring rounds on all 10! (Well done Samuel – first time ringing on anything above 6).
We rang more plain courses of Grandsire before some more rounds on 10 (well done Amanda this time – again first time on 10). We had a touch of Grandsire Doubles with a couple of people stood behind to watch before several folk decided to drift away to work etc. This killed off the possibility of attempting Kent (sorry Kathryn – to be fair we were skating on thin ice with that one anyway!) but we rang more Grandsire Doubles and call changes on 8 (again a first for Amanda – *so* pleased with my learners 🙂 ) before ringing down. A good evening with a surprisingly large turnout – long may that continue!
We have a ringing up & down course on Saturday to help improve confidence ringing up & down individually as well as in peal so a report on that after the event! Have a good summer break everyone (we still have some practices over the summer!!)