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One great comment to pass on though after we had adjusted ropes and were all ready to set off, was the non-standard introduction of the band... Rather than the 'does everyone know everyone' the announcement was made 'has everyone slept with everyone...' - after most of the band collapsed with laughter, one member then retorted 'Not quite, but I'm working on it...'!!!!
We found a nice rhythm quite early on and after 3h 22 'that's all' was called and we were able to relax once more - the peal scored!!! Some rather nice ringing in the most part, but with occasional head transplants required - but nothing serious... Encouragement (and/or a kick up the arse occasionally, whichever you wish to choose) from our conductor at the right moments ensured that we scored this 'first' for the society...!!!
But less of the ringing, more info is required from the rest of the weekend...
After the peal, and met by our ‘groupies’, we retired to 'Quebec' (no not as far away as you may think, but we did have a fair walk to find the place). Drinks were forthcoming (slowly at first) from shocked bar staff who had just realized that their cliental had grown from 3 to 18 in the space of 2 seconds!!
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We then proceeded to analysis what we had just achieved and raided the food menu, and suddenly discovered that in Leicester a 1/4 pizza slice actually meant a whole pizza!!! Once one person had ordered and the results had been seen though, the Italian chef was inundated with orders for his (very reasonably priced) food...
Another highlight occurred of course when Lee had been given a pint to drink!! Not an easy task I know, but in true Southampton style (if anyone remembers the trouser incident) he proceeded in spilling at least 1/3rd of the pint in his lap - how he missed his mouth we will never know, but it must have been otherwise engaged at the time...
At this point several of the party had to disappear to catch trains or cars to travel home, so weren't able to join is for the planned ringing that afternoon... One member though, had been persuaded to stay for the following night so was dispatched to M&S to purchase essentials to tide him over - although he then proceeded to go on some sort of shopping spree and joined us later in the day to announce that the credit card had taken a battering!!!
Relaxed ringing on an afternoon following a peal can be hard to find so some entertainment had been arranged - a couple of 1 bell towers!!!
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