{"id":14492,"date":"2025-04-10T22:28:46","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T22:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hornchurchbells.co.uk\/main\/?p=14492"},"modified":"2025-03-20T22:49:34","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T22:49:34","slug":"bell-ringers-autumn-outing-to-suffolk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hornchurchbells.co.uk\/main\/2025\/04\/10\/bell-ringers-autumn-outing-to-suffolk\/","title":{"rendered":"Bell Ringers’ Autumn Outing to Suffolk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Saturday 14th<\/sup>\u00a0September\u00a02024\u00a0was a warm and sunny day as the bell ringers headed to\u00a0Suffolk\u00a0for our second\u00a0coach outing of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a drive of just over an hour, we arrived in Bures, a village with the River Stour defining the border between\u00a0Essex\u00a0and Suffolk. Here the bells are heavy and hung in an anti-clockwise circle but we rang well, finishing with Lincolnshire Surprise Major.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our next stop was for four hours in\u00a0Sudbury. This allowed ample time for non-ringers to look round whilst the ringers could ring at two churches with lunch in-between.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first church (St Gregory) has 8 bells that have been recently restored and rehung by\u00a0Taylor\u2019s Bell Foundry in 2022. The project cost \u00a360,000 and was spearheaded by Pauline Brown, a previous Hornchurch ringer. This was one of the best rings of the day. We rang a touch of Stedman Triples and a course of Bob Major with James and Carys on the treble and 2nd<\/sup>\u00a0respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second church in\u00a0Sudbury\u00a0(All Saints) were heavy and difficult to ring. It took a while to get used to the bells but we did manage a couple of methods and people commented how nice the bells sounded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After\u00a0Sudbury, the non-ringers were dropped in Lavenham for two hours whilst the ringers visited Edwardstone before returning to Lavenham.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edwardstone were an easy-going ring of 6 bells with the ringing successfully organised by Marianne. Jamie and Ellen rang the 2nd<\/sup> to some well struck Call Changes whilst the more experienced ringers rang Cambridge Minor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lavenham church stands on the top of a hill and with a tower 138 feet high, lays claim to being the highest village church tower in\u00a0Britain. It is visible from miles around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bells are also special; heavy but quite easy to ring with a beautiful sound. This enabled our less experienced ringers to enjoy their best ring of the day which was well organised by Tony Bloomfield, giving everyone a good ring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A short drive to our evening meal venue made a great end to the day with excellent food and company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our thanks must go to John and Jonathan for a very well organised day.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u00a0Andrew and Clive pulling up the tenor at All Saints,\u00a0Sudbury<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Outside\u00a0Lavenham\u00a0Church<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Organisers John and Jonathan outside Edwardstone, with Jamie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Saturday 14th\u00a0September\u00a02024\u00a0was a warm and sunny day as the bell ringers headed to\u00a0Suffolk\u00a0for our second\u00a0coach outing of the year. After a drive of just over an hour, we arrived in Bures, a village with the River Stour defining the border between\u00a0Essex\u00a0and Suffolk. Here the bells are heavy and hung in an anti-clockwise circle but we<\/p>\n

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