I have mentioned before that we have been ringing handbells on Sunday afternoons with three of the Glasgow ringers: Jessica, Colin and Zoé. Yesterday only Colin and Zoé could come, and Tina was busy with Dorothy, so we had a six-bell session. We started with a 360 of Bob Minor, which...

In Little Bob, the treble turns round in 4th place, causing two bells to dodge above it. Apart from that, it's the same as Plain Bob. Now I think of it, it's not obvious that turning the treble round in 4th place produces a method with Plain Bob lead ends...

We were supposed to go for a Simons' quarter on 14 a few weeks ago, but it was cancelled because I had to drop out. Soon afterwards a Five o'Clock Club band rang the first online 14-bell quarter, of Little Bob, which I also couldn't ring in. But I had my...

A couple of generations ago, nearly every ringer could complete a plain course of Plain Bob Minor in hand - it was a part of learning to ring.  A friend of mine has recounted how she learned in a classroom, with all the ringers holding two bells (not necessarily a...

Yesterday we had another go at a quarter of Little Bob Maximus in Ringing Room, and succeeded. There were a few tricky patches with delays, but nothing as bad as in the previous attempt. We finished in just under an hour.

There still haven't been many 12-bell quarters online: 4...