Ringing on the Channel Islands.

 Here is a photograph of the Tour Party taken outside Vale Church, Guernsey

  Top row L to R:    Owen, Colin, Wendy, Jillian and Betty

Centre row:     Fred, Jean, Harvey, Terry and Jennie

Front Row:      David, Ray, Martin and Chris

and another taken inside St Mark's, Jersey.

 L to R:  Ray, Jean, David, Fred, Betty, Wendy, Martin Chris, Paul, Owen, Jennie

Colin ( Mr Brighton and Hove Albion) front

We rang 2 quarter peals and 2 peals during our stay--here are the details and further few photographs:

Alderney, St Anne

Friday 2nd June 2006 in 47 minutes

1296 Cambridge Surprise Minor

                                        1    Jillian Gardner

                                        2    Wendy Winter

                                        3    Chris Mills

                                        4    Martin Kirk

                                        5    Jennie Town (c)

                                        6    Paul Mills

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 Yorkshire Association

St Peter Port, Guernsey

The Pro Cathedral Church of St Peter Apostle and Martyr

Saturday 3 June 2006 in 3 hours and 13 minutes

5056 Plain Bob Major

composed by C.K. Lewis

                                        1    Owen H. Winter

                                        2    Jillian W. Gardner

                                        3    Christine Mills

                                        4    Wendy Winter

                                        5    A. Colin Belsey

                                        6    Martin J. Kirk

                                        7    David A. Town

                                        8    Jennifer A. Town (c)

Here is a photograph of the above peal band taken on Herm later that day:

 left to right:

Jillian Gardner (2), Chris Mills (3), Martin Kirk (6), Colin Belsey (5),   Jennie Town (8), David Town (7), Wendy Winter (4), Owen Winter (1)

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  St Helier, Jersey

St Mark the Evangelist

Sunday 4th June 2006 in 41 minutes

1260 Doubles

In two methods: 480 Grandsire and 780 Plain Bob

                                     1     Betty Thistlethwaite

                                     2    Chris Mills

                                     3    Jennie Town (c)

                                     4    Martin Kirk

                                     5    Colin Belsey

                                     6    Fred Thistlethwaite.

 L to R:  2, 1, 6, 3, 4, and 5.

Hasn't Fred got a long right arm ?

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Yorkshire Association

St John in the Oaks, Jersey.

St John

Monday 5 June in 2 hours and 54 minutes

5040 Plain Bob Triples

composed by C Ravenscroft.

                                           1     Christine Mills

                                           2     Paul D.A. Mills

                                           3     Jennifer A. Town (c)

                                           4     Jack R. Worrall

                                           5     Martin J Kirk

                                           6     A. Colin Belsey

                                           7     David A. Town

                                           8     Ray de Graff

1st peal: 8

60th anniversary of first peal: 4. 

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Here, Ray tries to get out of the peal by marooning himself just off the coast of Alderney.

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Sustenance was provided by:

 The Weight Watchers' Tea

and

 some Southern beer

and even

Oh my word !!