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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