@trevor575.bsky.social
I teach bell handling via the structured 'learning the ropes' approach. Trying to learn methods. Keen walker. Radio Caroline supporter. Active CAMRA member. Nature/Env friendly gardener. Church HSO &Estates Cmtte. Former CEO & Executive Coach. FRICS (rtd).
A fabulous day at #Thaxted Fayre with lots of interest in #bellringing @mobilebelfries We signed up some new recruits too! 🔔🙂
01.06.2025 04:32 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Our Thaxted tradition of ringing out the old and ringing in the new year goes back to at least 1845. We have sausage rolls, cheese & crackers, washed down with mulled wine, but none of us climbs the spire! 😊
05.01.2025 19:37 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
After enjoyable ringing at Radwinter, Hempstead and Thaxted on Christmas Eve, then Thaxted again on Christmas Day morning, it feels strange to have a break until NYE. Our all-benefice service today was at Great Sampford. Unfortunately, the bells there have been unringable for 100 years or more!
29.12.2024 18:43 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A lovely mini ringing tour of 3 towers today, starting with the fine 8 at Leytonstone and finishing with the wonderful 10 at West Ham. In between, probably the oldest bell I have rung, c1380 and no 7 of a light set of 8 at Leyton. Going really good despite plain bearings.😊
30.11.2024 21:23 — 👍 11 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0I like Galleywood, I was a helper there on the bell handling course, Essex Training Day, 2022 and also nearby Sandon. 😊
29.11.2024 05:24 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A more familiar view perhaps! 😅
28.11.2024 09:17 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Home Tower, Thaxted, Essex. Practice night Tuesday. 😊
28.11.2024 06:29 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
An enjoyable practice with 13 of us. Great to see our newbies making progress & ringing rounds. Thanks to everyone else being in the right place throughout, I actually managed a touch of PBD without needing guidance! PH7 went well too. Can hear our bells so much better with the new sound system!😀
27.11.2024 08:39 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
A successful bell handling training day yesterday at the Willingale Ringing Centre, part of the annual Essex Training Day. One to one ratio of students and teachers. Our six newbies all made good progress. A fabulous facility with simulator, bell monitors, etc. Kitchen and loo.Tea, coffee & cakes!😋
24.11.2024 06:19 — 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
I am looking forward to the annual Essex Training Day today. For the third year in a row, I am a helper on the bell handling course, this year at the Willingale Ringing Centre. We have a mixed group, ranging from new ringers who have had only one or two lessons to those starting to ring rounds.
23.11.2024 06:59 — 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0A long day at the end of which the new system was switched on and four of us 'tested' the sound of the bells. Some further tweaks of the graphic equaliser are definitely required, but the new sound system is already a fabulous improvement. We will see how it sounds on all eight Sunday morning!
21.11.2024 19:25 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Fellow ringers: just in case you have not found it yet, here is a starter pack.
bsky.app/starter-pack...
A handful of towers rely on microphones and speakers, to convey the sound from bells to ground floor ringing chamber- our is one of those. After a lengthy process, we are replacing our far below optimum microphone & speaker, with a brand new sound system today. Testing begins shortly!
21.11.2024 12:32 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
