Exeter Ringers in Nairn (aka Mini Ringing
North of the Border)
Friday 4 June 2010
Peter Bill
writes...
For the fourth year in a row a group from
Devon and Somerset have been sampling a mini ring in foreign
parts. This year we went North of the Border to Nairn, near
Inverness, where Peter Shipton has a 1cwt ring of 8 cast by
Eijsbouts of Holland in a purpose built Campanile in his garden.
Peal band (l-r): Margaret Chapman, Richard
Newman, Peter Bill, Lester Yeo, Lesley Tucker, Brian Mounjoy,
Graham Tucker, Matthew Hilling
As in previous years we were blessed with
excellent weather (at least until our final day) and scored one
peal and two quarter peals on what proved to be quite challenging
bells. Peal and quarter peal details below.
The Druim Campanile; Qtr peal band for Yorkshire;
Qtr peal band for Grandsire
Relaxing: Peter, Lester, Rosie; Marion,
Lesley, Pat, Aileen
We also had plenty of time to explore the
local countryside including a visit to the battlefield of Culloden
where there is a very informative Visitor’s Centre and a self
guided tour of the battlefield, although Margaret had to resort to
desperate measures to do this.
Margaret going into Battle!; Ardclach Bell
Tower
On our return to Nairn three of us
investigated a sign to the Ardclach Bell Tower and were able to
grab a ring of one deep in the Highland countryside where a bell
had been removed from the church set in a secluded wooded valley
and installed in a tower on top of the hill, presumably in order
that the sound would carry further.
On our final day a number of us were able
to ring at Inverness Cathedral and even had time before our flight
home to go spotting Bottlenosed Dolphins in the Moray Firth, have
a look at the Caledonian Canal and Loch Ness (no monsters spotted
there).
We are most grateful to Peter and Aileen
Shipton for their kind hospitality and helping with the
arrangements and especially for booking us into accommodation near
the Scottish CAMRA pub of the year where the food was as good as
the beer!
Clockwise from front left: Richard, Aileen,
Matthew, Graham, Lesley, Pat, Lester, Rosie, Margaret, Peter
Shipton, Marion, Peter Bill, Brian
Cathedral Ringing Master remembering his
childhood!
| Guild of Devonshire
Ringers |
| Nairn,
Highland |
| Druim
Campanile |
| Friday 4 June 2010
in 2h06 (1) |
| 5088 Fylde
Coast S Major |
| Comp: D G
Hull |
| 1 |
Margaret E L Chapman |
| 2 |
Peter L Bill |
| 3 |
Lesley A Tucker |
| 4 |
Graham P Tucker |
| 5 |
Richard A M Newman |
| 6 |
Lester J Yeo |
| 7 |
Brian V Mountjoy |
| 8 |
Matthew J Hilling (C) |
| In fond
memory of two pioneers of small bell ringing - Frank Mack (the
tenth anniversary of his death) and Tom Chapman (the fiftieth
anniversary of his wedding) |
|
Nairn, Highland |
|
Druim Campanile |
| Friday, 4 June 2010 |
Saturday, 5 June 2010 |
| 1250 Yorkshire S Major |
1260 Grandsire Triples |
| 1 |
Peter Bill |
1 |
Peter Shipton |
| 2 |
Lesley Tucker |
2 |
Margaret Chapman |
| 3 |
Margaret Chapman |
3 |
Michael Neale |
| 4 |
Marion Newman |
4 |
Lesley Tucker |
| 5 |
Graham Tucker |
5 |
Marion Newman |
| 6 |
Richard Newman |
6 |
Graham Tucker |
| 7 |
Matthew Hilling (C) |
7 |
Richard Newman (C) |
| 8 |
Brian Mountjoy |
8 |
Peter Bill |
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