Ringing,
Supper and Skittles
Exeter
Branch, Saturday 6 March 2010
St. Gregory the Great, in the attractive village of Harpford,
was the first tower we visited. It was a good opportunity for our
less experienced ringers to handle the long ropes in the very
noisy tower. Then it was on to the heavier bells at Colaton
Raleigh where some more experienced ringers joined us. Ringing
there and at the final tower of the day at East Budleigh included
Grandsire and Stedman Triples. By this time we were ready for the
welcome warmth of the fire at The White Hart, Woodbury. Here we
were treated to a lovely supper of lasagne and sweet and sour
chicken followed by some extremely tempting desserts including a
banoffe pie that was definitely worth the effort of cutting it!
Ringing at Harpford (left), and a winning ball? (right)
Once we were all suitably full the skittles began. After three
exciting rounds which included strikes, zeroes and some
questionable tactics for distracting players of the opposite team,
a narrow victory was won by the team calling themselves “Banoffe
Pie” (who obviously still had food on their minds). This was
followed by a sudden death game in which Amy Gill managed to fight
off competition from several other players, including the
defending champion, to become the winner for the evening. We look
forward to challenging her for the title next time….
Thanks to all who attended and to The White Hart for a very
enjoyable evening.
Jenny Young
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