Milestones
2007-05-31 - messed up call change calling
2007-06-07 - successfully called "Almost back rounds via royalty" - call changes on six
2007-06-11 - first tower grab - Walkley - quite hard to ring, very deeply set
2007-06-12 - second tower grab - Ranmoor - nice bells and nice place - called simple call changes and told a learner where to change on each one
2007-06-30 - first wedding; lots of rain. Rung 60 on 3rds and called my thing with tittums too with Simon's help (numerous impossible changes)
2007-07-20 - rang at Morecambe Parish Church on the Friday evening, and did a wedding on the Saturday afternoon. Rung Sunday morning at Morecambe again. Got confused by alternative way of calling call changes.
2008-01-00 - associate member of Yorkshire Association of Change Ringers per January 2008 meeting.
2008-01-31 - rung Bail's bob minor on the second, spliced in plain hunt to bring it round.
2008-07-00 - Whirlow Course 2008.
2008-08-07 - first outing with my band around Derbyshire. Got back very late into Sheffield on minibus.
2008-10-09 - first properly successful affected touch of Plain Bob Minor; no shouting at me required.
Towers grabbed
| Sheffield Cathedral | 6th Apr 2006 | Practice nights Sunday mornings Weddings | 12 | SHEFFIEL | Home tower, learnt to ring here. Very nice sounding bells that are good to ring, lightly set though |
| Walkley, Sheffield | 11st Jun 2007 | Practice night | 6 | SHEFFIELDW | Quite hard to ring, very deeply set |
| Ranmoor, Sheffield | 12nd Jun 2007 | Practice night | 10 | SHEFFIELDR | Nice bells and nice place - called simple call changes and told a learner where to change on each one |
| Morecambe Parish Church | 20th Jul 2007 | Practice night Sunday morning | 8 | MORECAMBE | Nice bells but hard to hear in ringing chamber. Got confused by alternative way of calling call changes |
| Lancaster Priory | 21st Jul 2007 | Wedding | 10 | LANCASTER | Absolutely horrid bells, flying all over the place with sallies coming up very low. Bit of a rag-tag wedding band. Was very impressed by dual-handler ringing down the two heaviest bells at once |
| Norbury, Hazel Grove | 16th Aug 2007 | Practice night | 8 | NORBURY+CH | Went far too high up the tail end, messing up my hunting |
| Dore, Sheffield | 18th Jul 2008 | Whirlow Course | 8 | SHEFFIELDD | Up a ladder to get in, met Whirlow group. Pretty easy bells to ring |
| Great Longstone | 19th Jul 2008 | Whirlow Course | 6 | GREAT+LONG | - |
| Norton, Sheffield | 20th Jul 2008 | Whirlow Course | 8 | SHEFFIELDN | Tim's tower. Rather heavier than the other bells rung over the course, so sometimes struggled to get up to balance to change properly |
| Morecambe Parish Church 2 | 3rd Aug 2008 | Sunday morning | 8 | MORECAMBE | Just rang some call changes on seven but numbered as if on eight with the second missed out, confusing |
| Beeley | 7th Aug 2008 | Tower outing | 3 | BEELEY | Has a strange second that, for everyone but me, dropped very quickly after the handstroke, causing unpleasantness |
| Stanton in Peak | 7th Aug 2008 | Tower outing | 6 | STANTON+IN | Toy bells! Incredibly light with tiny sallies |
| Monyash | 7th Aug 2008 | Tower outing | 3 | MONYASH | Nice dark red sallies, nice sounding three |
| Hartington | 7th Aug 2008 | Tower outing | 8 | HARTINGTON | Good to ring but horrid to listen to |
| Sheffield's Catholic Cathedral | 16th Aug 2008 | Wedding | 8 | SHEFFIELD | Heavy old bells that sound nice but have a tendency to drop on you without warning |
| Ecclesfield, Sheffield | 1st Aug 2009 | Joint Branch Meeting (Sheffield & Chesterfield | 8 | ECCLESFIEL | Bells rang very well (like cathedral), aside from seventh with very low salley. Apparently very oddly struck |
| Lancaster Priory 2 | 9th Aug 2009 | Sunday morning | 10 | LANCASTER | Bit of a limited band so only able to ring on six (two visitors; they were expecting four). Salley way too low again |
| Beetham | 11st Aug 2009 | Branch meeting | 6 | BEETHAM | Very smooth. Had to stand outside because while we tower access there wasn't space inside and the door to the church itself was locked |