By Phil Ramsbottom on 08-Mar-2020 - Phil is a teacher at the Birmingham School of Bell Ringing and is passionate about getting the basics right for every new ringer, especially bell handling and ropesight. Here he shares some thoughts on moving onto Plain Bob Doubles. Plain Bob Doubles has become the “go to” method for beginners to take their first steps […] Read more
By Mary Jones on 06-Mar-2020 - Re-reading something I wrote a while ago on Plain Hunting, I realise what a remarkably long way I have come in the past six months. What seemed tremendously difficult then, strikes me as trivial now. I only hope that the same alchemy will occur now I’m embarking on Plain Bob Doubles. Einstein once said that […] Read more
By Tim Farnham on 10-Nov-2019 - I have rung a few quarter peals. That’s not false modesty because I do mean a few. Five to be precise. All the slips in these were lapses of concentration, getting distracted, drifting off, call it what you will. If none of us ever lost the thread like that there would be a lot more […] Read more