By Christopher Wright on 28-Jul-2017 - By “dodgy”, I don’t mean what happens in treble bob… There were eight of us and we were joined by a casual visitor who heard the bells as he passed on the canal. We raised the front six and rang, initially, some quite reasonable rounds on four or five of them. Four of the band […] Read more
By Christopher Wright on 06-Jul-2017 - The first six of the new eight at Kildwick are now cast… Readers of my previous blogs will know that the Kildwick MiniRingers are a group of eight year 5 and year 6 children from our local (church) primary school. We do a lot of ringing-related things but can’t – at the moment, anyway – […] Read more
By Christopher Wright on 20-Apr-2017 - What has a scooter to do with ringing? Now that we’re a one-car family and the demands of the bell tower are growing, I can’t afford the time it takes to walk down (and back up!) to church when my busy wife has the four wheels. So, at nearly 70, I’ve done my Basic Training, […] Read more
By Christopher Wright on 10-Apr-2017 - All this climbing stuff… I feel a bit like the von Trapp Family. We had quite a good session with five of the recruits (and two trainers and a “stooge”) on Thursday – and there seemed to be a demand for another session today (Monday). Bells were muffled (I use the simple motorbike tyre ones […] Read more
By Christopher Wright on 03-Apr-2017 - I’ve been ringing for some 55 years – but this one is new to me. Suddenly finding myself as a tower captain with no band, a recruiting drive seemed to be called for so yesterday, we held an Open Day. It was advertised with leaflets around the parish, in shops and community boards and the […] Read more