Dear all

The training committee of DRC would like your input into the training programme for the coming year. Please could members contribute by completing this survey.

The training committee is meeting next on Sunday 17th January, and so we would appreciate your responses by then.

You can access the survey at https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/SGT5GQJ

Best Wishes

Gill

Many thanks to Gill for a great job of organisation so that we were able to ring for Carol Services in nine churches on Sunday . Well done, everyone! Thanks also to Joe for hosting our annual Christmas party. It was fantastic to see so many people come together! Merry Christmas!

Over the last six weeks we have taught seven young people from year 6 of St James’ school to handle. All were able to ring a bell on their own and are well on their way to ringing rounds. It was delightful that they all learnt so quickly and we hope that they will continue to ring with us after the holidays. We would have liked them to reach Level 1 of Learning the Ropes, but we probably needed another two weeks to achieve that.

You can see how well they rang at https://youtu.be/fI55SmgZ6QM

They all rang before the end of term service on Friday (although obviously the sound on the video is not actually them ringing).

Just got back from the Camino using the St Jean Pied de Port route.  Lots of bells along the way – mostly cracked and none hung for change ringing of course.

These at Larrasoana played  a lovely carillon during a vino stop.

These were at Zabaldika, 1 k off the main path, but worth a diversion even on a hot day.  If you climbed all the way up to the old church, then all the way up the belfry, you could chime them twice. Got a special stamp on the credencial too! Trying to get ahead on karma.

This week’s Church Times cover photo (taken by the Rector of St Mary Magdalen at the Bermondsey Street Festival) shows a youngster being introduced to the Charmborough Ring.