Handbell day went well, with a few quarter peal successes and a range of useful practice sessions. Everyone seemed to enjoy it. We had mixed results with the Top and Up. Jonathan's group managed to ring the whole touch of spliced maximus, while the other groups got as far as ringing Top Royal. Later we rang half a course of Cambridge Maximus, and some more Top and Up (mainly so that I could ring it).

Our regular handbell sessions haven't yet got back to normal after various absences, but today we restarted the Sunday group - joined by our daughter, Dorothy, who is doing her Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award this year and has decided to do handbell ringing as her required "skill". We refreshed her memory of the plain hunting positions on six, then rang some plain hunting and treble bob hunting on eight. With Colin we practised plain courses of Kent Minor. He's coming back on Thursday for a quarter of Plain Bob Major, which we didn't quite score on handbell day.

Next month I've got a trip to London for work, and I decided to plan a little detour and invite myself to ring a handbell peal with the Reading band. They've slotted me into the schedule and I've been brushing up my 12-bell ringing in Handbell Stadium, in anticipation.