Exeter Ringers in France
Thursday 31 May & Friday 1 June 2007
Some of the ringers from Exeter are very
keen on mini-bell ringing! The mini-ring of 8 bells housed on a
vineyard at Senouillac (near Toulouse) and owned by Alistair Moon
were just too inviting. So it was that a group of 6 ringers from
Devon, one from Somerset and one from Norfolk along with partners made the trip to
stay at Senouillac for a long weekend organised by Peter Bill.
The first task was to ring a peal. We
arrived and met Alistair on the Thursday morning and after the
obligatory toilet visit, photographs, and tryout we started for
the peal. Lets just say we had a missed sally, a bell down, and
then a missed call. Nevermind. We went to lunch at a fantastic
local restaurant and had quite a bit of wine (!) and returned in
the afternoon, unphased by the morning's activities and probably
quite a bit more relaxed than we should have been! This time there
were no bells rung down, and all calls correctly made and executed
and the peal came round in fine style shortly after the queens.
| Guild of Devonshire
Ringers |
| Senouillac,
France |
| Chateau de
Saint Martial |
| Thursday 31
May 2007
in 2h08 (10lbs 7oz) |
| 5120
Senouillac S Major |
| Comp: D G
Hull |
| 1 |
Margaret E L Chapman |
| 2 |
Paul J Pascoe |
| 3 |
Lester J Yeo |
| 4 |
Peter L Bill |
| 5 |
P Wendy Campbell |
| 6 |
Simon A Rudd |
| 7 |
Ian L C Campbell |
| 8 |
Matthew J Hilling (C) |
First peal in
the method. Only the second "tower bell" peal in France.
Senouillac S Major:
x5x4x56x236x2x23x4x7-12 |
The following day it was time to give
Alistair a ring, and the opportunity for a quarter peal. Some of
the peal band returned and a quarter of Plain Bob Major was
expertly rung!
| Senouillac,
France |
| Chateau de
Saint Martial |
| Friday 1
June 2007
in 35 mins (10lbs 7oz) |
| 1280 Plain
B Major |
| 1 |
Pat Yeo |
| 2 |
Margaret Chapman |
| 3 |
Wendy Campbell |
| 4 |
Lester Yeo |
| 5 |
Peter Bill |
| 6 |
Alistair Moon |
| 7 |
Paul Pascoe (C) |
| 8 |
Ian Campbell |
In
anticipation of the birthday of our wonderful host, Mme
Patricia Ouvre on the 10th June.
Believed to be the first quarter peal ever rung by rope and
wheel in France. |
The remainder of the time was spent doing
holiday things - sight seeing, visiting museums & churches, eating
lots and of course drinking lots of Gaillac wine.
Thanks Peter for a fantastic time!
Some more photos of the ringers relaxing:
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