Minor Stepping Stones is an ART structured scheme of work, adding one new technique at a time, through 5 levels to encompass over 40 methods from plain bob minor to 3 spliced surprise minor. 4 Alderney ringers have just spent a training week in Tulloch focusing on the latter stages of this scheme

With an hour of theory every morning – examining the structure of various methods, different approaches to method learning, over and under to produce the 41 standard methods, how does spliced work? and 2 hours of focused general ringing on 8 & 10 in the evening (DNCBM, Cornwall S Major, Stedman triples & grandsire caters) the programme was an exceptional opportunity to extend everyone’s abilities

A total of 10 helpers and 13 students provided a steady band for a focus session /qtr peal attempt in one tower while the remainder of ringers practised the ‘Method(s) of the Day’ in the other tower – full on, exhausting but such fun. The progress was tremendous:-)