4 of the Alderney band are spending a week in February in Tulloch pursuing Level 5 ART Minor Stepping Stones programme. We didn’t feel quite ready for the challenge so invited 5 friends to join us in Alderney for a pre-course week. Starting on Friday Jan 2nd with Cambridge minor (one lead at a time to knock the rust off), we concentrated on lead end and half lead dodges and rang some touches. This was then followed by Ipswich on Saturday, Bourne & Hull on Sunday, Beverley and Berwick later in the week and also a session on London. It was certainly the case that the more surprise minor we rang the easier to learn/understand/see the lines it became:-) We scored qtr peals in Cambridge, Ipswich, Primrose, Primrose & Norwich, and finally one of Bourne.

We even managed a plain course of Double Norwich Ct Bob Major when Storm Goretti delayed departure so we could squeeze in a bonus session on 8. Everyone agreed it had been educational and fun and that we were now ready to throw ourselves into Level 5 next month:-)

HMMcG