Author Archives: Mike Rigby

Is Ringing THAT Dangerous??!

By on 12-Mar-2020 - The photo shows two ringers from my tower who both damaged their right foot within a few days of each other,thus forming what they chose to call ‘Club Foot’. They found that they could still enjoy ringing, even wearing a surgical boot, provided they added a little extra height to their other foot. But it […] Read more

Death by Bob Doubles? (Or ‘What a Load of Bayles!)

By on 10-Mar-2020 - One of the things I do for my (ringing) sins is to organise the Thursday morning training sessions at the Edgehill Ringing Centre in Kineton, Warwickshire. We run two sessions of about 75mins each, each with two trainees who take it in turn to ring with a ‘good’ band around them. Of course, this means […] Read more

Stand !! By Mike Rigby, ART-Accredited Teacher and Tower Captain at Lighthorne, Warwickshire

By on 22-Aug-2019 - My wife isn’t a ringer, but a classically trained mezzo-soprano who teaches singing and gives the occasional recital; usually it’s just her on stage with a piano accompanist. Bell ringers give performances too, and everything that my wife teaches singers about preparing to perform is analogous to what we ringers need to do – apart […] Read more