Bell Ringing at Billingshurst, West Sussex

This was the fourth tower.
After having lunch in the churchyard we went and rang at Billingshurst. A 14cwt eight cast by Mears and Stainbank mostly in 1965 with the fourth in 1959 and the tenor in 1964. These were the best bells on the outing by a long shot! I enjoyed the back four being rung up in peal and also ringing Call Changes and Grandsire Triples.
We attempted the Whittingtons peal composed by the Devon call change ringers. Unfortunately we had to come back into rounds after a ringer being bored from the composition. Nonetheless, a good standard of ringing was achieved. Thank you for Euan Thomas for allowing me to use his photo of the church taken by Luca Greenslade (Ringer Luca651) I think we did justice on this fine ring of eight!

[@superjemma123456]

Hi Thomas! Just wanted to say - I noticed you keep your arms bent quite a lot when catching at hand stroke, which sometimes allows the bell to go over the balance! Catch a little higher and get those arms straight, and I promise more control :) Same with some backstrokes - it’s all about the straight arms - even on little easy bells!
These are lovely sounding bells :)

[@RingerThomas]

Hi Jemma. Thank you for your comment. I have been working on catching the Sally higher as you get a longer pull and get the bell in the right place. Thank you for your comment. I want to progress as much as I can to become an excellent ringer.