Ringing different bells at different towers will improve your bell control. You will meet other ringers who will also be able to give you a different perspective on bell ringing and bell ringers.  You will also see interesting places and many beautiful churches you would never  otherwise have seen.  The point of this exercise is not just to tower grab and tick-off towers on a list. 

You should at least be able to ring rounds and call changes comfortably before visiting other towers to ring.  It is also a good idea to take a more experienced ringing friend with you at least at the beginning, to make introductions and ensure that there is no confusion about your ringing ability.

Make  sure you record where and when you ring at a new tower – in a notebook, in a copy of Dove, on Towerbase or in your Discover Bell Ringing book.  Many people even take photographs of the various towers or keep a scrapbook to help them remember which was which.

You can also tick off two more ringing things if you visit a tower with very light bells or ring on very heavy bells.

 

Be conservative about what you ring when visiting a new tower.  Often your ringing seems to go backwards until you learn how to ring the new bells

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