Two lost online quarters this week, in contrast to the three successes last week.

Yesterday was an attempt for Cambridge Major, silent and non-conducted. The idea was to meet in Ringing Room and not set up an audio channel (usually we use Zoom); also not to use the chat in Ringing Room. The protocol was to get into the room, assign ourselves to bells (pairs had been agreed in advance), and first ring five whole pulls of rounds to check everything. Then start again, up down and off, and ring the quarter.

Unfortunately we experienced insurmountable delays, by far the worst that I have encountered in Ringing Room. From my viewpoint the problems started immediately: I heard the trebles striking simultaneously in the very first rounds, and after that most rows contained a direct hit or two. We struggled through the first lead a couple of times, but it wasn't going to go. Maybe another time.

Today was Little Bob Maximus. It started well and we got into a good rhythm. Occasionally there were delays, which we tried to power through by sticking to our internal rhythms. But about three courses from the end we started getting severe delays that weren't going away, and some bells ended up on the wrong stroke. We had to stop, but there is good potential and I hope we can succeed another time.