Liverpool and Manchester - Exeter Cathedral Ringers September 2003.

By Pauline Champion.

Following our sojourn on the Isle of Wight last autumn, this year Matt decided to coax us further afield with a long weekend in Lancashire, based in Liverpool. The warm sunny weather was duly booked and 20-odd Exeter Cathedral ringers and friends installed at the Campanile Hotel (what a great name!) by the Queen's Dock. This made an excellent base as its within a very short walk of The Baltic Fleet, probably the best pub in Liverpool.

The ringing started well with a peal at Accrington on Friday afternoon; quarters and Heywood and Walkden were also successful, though reduced to minor because of a bout of gippy tummy - bad luck Tim!

On Saturday and Sunday there were some superb bells for us to sample – Manchester (Town Hall and Cathedral), Ashton-under-Lyne, Worsley and St Nick's Pier Head, before the (extremely high) highlight of Liverpool Cathedral. Here we enjoyed the rare privilege of ringing on bells heavier than our own and made good use of our time.

Selection of photographs by Ian Campbell and Andrew Digby. Click photo to enlarge.

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