Balnaferry Campanile

11/04/2026

Sadly we're not going to have a quorum tomorrow so the practice is cancelled.
Next month we have 4 visitors so that practice ( Sun 10th May) will definitely happen.

08/03/2026

We had our monthly practice this afternoon with 9 ringers in attendance. We started with call changes on 8 for Sam, and then plain courses and an attempted half-hunt touch of Grandsire Doubles for Lowenna. Next was an attempt at Bourne Surprise Minor.. only managed a couple of leads sadly despite recent successes in Inverness/Tulloch. Plain courses of Plain Bob Doubles for Derry and then another attempt at Bourne.. sadly wasn't to be today. We had more call changes and a touch of Grandsire Doubles before 3 of our band had to head back to Inverness for service ringing. We finished with plain courses of Plain Bob Doubles for Derry and then a theory session for Derry ahead of the forthcoming SACR Training day next Saturday at Tulloch.

Lovely to see everyone 🥰

07/02/2026

Unfortunately we won't have enough to make a viable practice tomorrow so we will cancel the practice.

Next scheduled practice will be Sun 8th March

19/01/2026

Aurora Borealis is so bright tonight.. right over Balnaferry Campanile 😲🥰

11/01/2026

We had 9 ringers for our monthly practice this afternoon. We started with tea/biscuits and eventually I dragged them upstairs for some ringing!
We started with call changes on 8 and then plain hunt on 5 with Annette on the treble (ringing one handed whilst holding Mareeka with her other arm👧), and then with Ros on the treble. We rang Grandsire Doubles with Lowenna on the 3 (firstly plain courses and then a 120, both with Lowenna ringing half hunt)😁. Next was some more call changes on 8 (Sam ringing 1 & 2), and then plain hunt with Ros on the treble. Grace rang the 2 for 4 courses of Plain Bob Doubles (no corrections required for the last 2 courses😊) and then some plain hunt on 7 with Annette on the treble, and Lowenna on 3. More plain hunt for Ros and then (as apparently I hadn't been challenged enough today) we rang a 120 of Plain Bob Doubles with Sam calling himself observation whilst I rang 4 & 5. We finished with 3 courses of St Simon's Bob Doubles (requested by Sarah).

Another fun afternoon and great to see the progress from Lowenna and Grace. Well done everyone.

Our next scheduled practice will be Sun 8th Feb.

08/01/2026

As there wouldn't be enough ringers to make a practice in Inverness worthwhile tonight (too many people away or poorly) we had a practice in Forres - only 5 of us, but it gave us a chance to do a bit of theory and push Lowenna and Grace a little.
We rang plain courses of Grandsire Doubles for Lowenna and then after a caffeine fix and theory Lowenna rang the 3 to half hunt which went pretty well😃 Hot choc followed and then theory for Grace who then rang the 2 for plain courses of Plain Bob Doubles .. only a few little wobbles .. well done Grace😁.
For a bit of a laugh Sam rang 1&2 to plain hunt on 6 next.
We finished with more half hunt of Grandsire Doubles for Lowenna.

We will be having a practice on Sunday so Grace and Lowenna now have 3 days to work on their homework😄

04/01/2026

As our church service was cancelled today due to the weather conditions we decided to ring our bells and watch an online service. We rang plain hunt on 5, (I rang 4 & 5) Plain Bob Doubles and then a 120 of Plain Bob Doubles, and then we tried plain hunt on 6 first with Sarah ringing 1 & 2, and then Sam ringing 1 & 2 (I rang 5 & 6).

Hopefully our next official practice will be next Sunday (11th Jan), 2-4pm

14/12/2025

We held our last practice of the year today. We only had 5 ringers, but we did manage to ring Plain hunt on 5, Grandsire Doubles (with me double handed), plain hunt on 4 with a tenor cover, and Plain Bob Minimus.

Have a lovely Christmas everyone. Next ringing will be 11th January

16/11/2025

We have decided to cancel today's practice as folk that would have been coming are poorly.

02/11/2025

Please note that due to Remembrance Sunday and me travelling to Tulloch for a week of teaching our monthly practice will be on Sunday 16th Nov, not the 9th.

26/10/2025

This morning we scored the first SACR peal on the bells 😁 Dead chuffed, but still shaking 2 hours later.. an exhausting weekend but well worth it 😵‍💫🥰

5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major rung at Forres (Balnaferry Campanile), Morayshire

25/10/2025

This morning, as part of the SACR weekend of ringing, we welcomed 25 ringers to try out our mini ring.. things from rounds to Yorkshire Major were rung, and two young lads had their first goes at bell handling. Tomorrow morning we shall be attempting a peal.. wish us luck