{"id":2019,"date":"2019-12-16T22:33:29","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T22:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bicesterbranch.org.uk\/?p=2019"},"modified":"2021-02-17T21:42:04","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T21:42:04","slug":"special-practice-at-kirtlington-16th-december-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bicester.odg.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2019\/12\/16\/special-practice-at-kirtlington-16th-december-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Practice at Kirtlington 16th December 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"_2cuy _3dgx\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"78o1t\" data-offset-key=\"d8hm1-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"d8hm1-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"d8hm1-0-0\">Thirteen ringers from four branches came to our final Special Practice of 2019 at Kirtlington, led by Richard, our joint ringing master supported by <\/span><span class=\"_247o\" spellcheck=\"false\" data-offset-key=\"d8hm1-1-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"d8hm1-1-0\">Kathryn<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"d8hm1-2-0\">, Malcolm, Clare, Charles and Rachel, Ron and <\/span><span class=\"_247o\" spellcheck=\"false\" data-offset-key=\"d8hm1-3-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"d8hm1-3-0\">Jane Burgess<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"d8hm1-4-0\">.<\/span><\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"d8hm1-0-0\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_2cuy _3dgx\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"78o1t\" data-offset-key=\"3ui2a-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"3ui2a-0-0\">We welcomed Elaine from Ludgershall for the first time to Kirtlington tower, and Jane from Bicester, returning after four decades.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_2cuy _3dgx\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"78o1t\" data-offset-key=\"dkeea-0-0\">\n<div data-offset-key=\"dkeea-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"dkeea-0-0\">After raising in peal, we rang rounds and call changes for Elaine, Fay and Jane, then an attempted touch of Stedman Triples, which we tried at a later point, getting a little further.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_2cuy _3dgx\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"78o1t\" data-offset-key=\"6spq8-0-0\">\n<div data-offset-key=\"6spq8-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"6spq8-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"6spq8-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-offset-key=\"b74rn-0-0\">Next we rang a plain course of Bob Triples for <\/span><span class=\"_247o\" spellcheck=\"false\" data-offset-key=\"b74rn-1-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"b74rn-1-0\">Charlie<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"b74rn-2-0\">\u00a0inside, with some nice striking.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_2cuy _3dgx\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"78o1t\" data-offset-key=\"7n0kt-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"7n0kt-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"c30qe-0-0\">After some more rounds and call changes we rang a nice touch of Grandsire Triples, called by Charles, <\/span><span class=\"_247o\" spellcheck=\"false\" data-offset-key=\"c30qe-1-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"c30qe-1-0\">Kathryn Grant<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"c30qe-2-0\"> trebling.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_2cuy _3dgx\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"78o1t\" data-offset-key=\"6pbdr-0-0\">\n<div data-offset-key=\"6pbdr-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"6pbdr-0-0\">Next up we rang a reasonably well-struck plain course of Bob Major, for Charlie to treble to. Well done, Charlie!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_2cuy _3dgx\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"78o1t\" data-offset-key=\"bvr8n-0-0\">\n<div data-offset-key=\"bvr8n-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"bvr8n-0-0\">As Cambridge was on the billing (and quite a few of our helpers were hoping to get a chance to ring it), we attempted Cambridge Major, which unfortunately fired out after 1 and a half leads.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_2cuy _3dgx\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"78o1t\" data-offset-key=\"a6bga-0-0\">\n<div data-offset-key=\"a6bga-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"a6bga-0-0\">After some nicely struck call changes we then made a fair attempt at spliced Plain and Little Bob Major, with Charlie trebling again, getting a reasonable way through.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_2cuy _3dgx\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"78o1t\" data-offset-key=\"18v1f-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"18v1f-0-0\">Our second attempt of Stedman Triples was followed by a completed touch of Grandsire Triples, called by Richard with Kathryn inside, with the practice ending in some rounds on eight.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_2cuy _3dgx\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"78o1t\" data-offset-key=\"9b4vi-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"9b4vi-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"9b4vi-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_2cuy _3dgx\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"78o1t\" data-offset-key=\"f6edd-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"f6edd-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"f6edd-0-0\">An enjoyable Practice, with a big thank you to Richard for leading us and our helpers from near and further afield who enabled us to ring a good range of methods on 7 and 8.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_2cuy _3dgx\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"78o1t\" data-offset-key=\"7tndi-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"7tndi-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"7tndi-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span>A very merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_2cuy _3dgx\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"78o1t\" data-offset-key=\"1oeke-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"1oeke-0-0\">Hope to see lots of you at the first Branch Practice of 2020 at Islip on the 7th of January.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thirteen ringers from four branches came to our final Special Practice of 2019 at Kirtlington, led by Richard, our joint ringing master supported by Kathryn, Malcolm, Clare, Charles and Rachel, Ron and Jane Burgess. We welcomed Elaine from Ludgershall for the first time to Kirtlington tower, and Jane from Bicester, returning after four decades. After &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bicester.odg.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2019\/12\/16\/special-practice-at-kirtlington-16th-december-2019\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Special Practice at Kirtlington 16th December 2019&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2029,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bicester.odg.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2019"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bicester.odg.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bicester.odg.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bicester.odg.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bicester.odg.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2019"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/bicester.odg.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3505,"href":"https:\/\/bicester.odg.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2019\/revisions\/3505"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bicester.odg.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bicester.odg.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bicester.odg.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bicester.odg.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}