The Bells The Bells

Well I must say Deborah Kerr in Black Narcissus made pulling the fuck out of the Great bell on the side of the Himalayas look like a piece of cake.
Hattie and My efforts were all a bit shaky compared to that nun in a heavy habit
As you can see
Great fun !!!!!
One less thing on my bucket list



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  1. Well done. Bit funereal. Can you do a peal?

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  2. Looks like a real upper body workout! But it sounds great!

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  3. Thats your exercise for the week then! Well done, its lovely. x

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  4. Cardio. Are you stiff and sore now?

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  5. I would be terrified it would fall down onto my head!

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  6. It must have been really loud!

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  7. Barbara Anne8:25 pm

    It's a wonderful sound but also quite a workout! Lovely Hattie may need to gain a bit of weight in order to have enough strength for this endeavor.

    So glad the bell has been repaired!

    Hugs!

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  8. Lovely, John. And nice to see you in action.

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  9. just wonderful! thanks for posting it.

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  10. What an interesting experience! I didn't realize it would be so hard to get it to ring properly. Full time bell ringers must really have some arms on them!

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  11. Brilliant!
    Sounds so lovely.
    Jo

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  12. A lovely variation on clapping. I must say that I find the eight o'clock Thursday experience very moving each week. This was a super addition.

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  13. A. Bloke9:19 pm

    Fat Prick (You, not Hattie). I like you. I prefer Hattie.

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  14. Knees bend arms stretch..good workout but I was surprised the noise inside the church was not louder! As I have said before church bells are definitely what I miss living in NZ, that and rooks. Well done to you both but I do agree with Barbara Anne; the lovely Hattie is likely to disappear into the belfry on a big pull of that rope!

    Jo in Auckland

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  15. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! that must be so heavy to pull! hattie is a luv. and don't YOU look sexy in shorts and crocs!

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    1. Sexy isn't quite the word

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    2. Sexy is as sexy does and besides fyi I find you adorably attractive...

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    3. Did someone say CROCS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT!

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  16. Takes me back to my childhood.

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  17. It was Elstree Studios car park.

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    1. I have the photo of the bell tower over s shallow ditch

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    2. Alfred Junge was a master painter on glass.

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  18. I miss the sound of church bells! Los Angeles is too large compared to Savannah, GA to have the same effect. Well done you! xo

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    1. I wanted to go faster and faster.......

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  19. Anonymous10:54 pm

    Looks like great fun to me.

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    1. It was Andrew ...strangely satisfying

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  20. Wonderful stuff. You both look splendid.

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  21. The bell sounds true and clear ... thanks for sharing the experience with those of us so far away!
    Hattie is a little bit of a girl ... if she grabbed the rope up higher, she could go for a ride with each pull of the rope. LOL Of course, you would have to pull her back down or she would be dangling in midair!

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    1. It's a clear ring out of the mess we are in

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  22. For a moment I thought Hattie might get lifted off her feet. You made it look so easy, though. Must be those patient-turning muscles. I wonder if I could do as well as either of you!

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  23. Looks harder than you would think. And in crocks.

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    1. I'm such a fashion queen David

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    2. nah, just a queen. and we love you just the way you are!

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  24. Thank you, sounded just wonderful.
    Some of the old temples in the mountains of Japan will let you ring the bell with an enormous suspended log....another one for the bucket list?

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    1. Not quite but travel is on the list Margaret x

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  25. A real morale booster!

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  26. Good on both of you well done !!!

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  27. Wow, I thought it would be easier than that!!

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  28. Well done, John and Hattie! :) Such a beautiful sound !

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  29. There is something almost Primal about a bell toiling in a churchyard. Like a memory you can't put your finger on. It's good to know places still exist where this happens.

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  30. Well done! I thought Hattie might not be able to keep her feet on the floor :)

    What a great (and achievable) bucket list item.

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  31. The bell sounding and the ancient stones, it seems soulful and timeless and quite a physical workout too.

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  32. Well done. It sounds good. Far better than our computerised bell ringing which sounds very 'mechanical'.

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  33. A dong to be proud of

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  34. Well done dear!!!!!! You look bloody happy as hell! Now you can ring it when supper is ready each night!

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  35. Sounded alright to me, I can't even ring a handbell in tune.

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  36. Really lovely - thank you for sharing that with us.

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  37. You could turn that into a gif!

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  38. Ingmar Bergman. Start filming.

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    1. Im ready for my close up mr de Mille

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  39. What a cool experience. It looks like it's harder than one would think!

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  40. Just don't more into the bell tower :).

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  41. I did have a vision of you disappearing up the bell tower . .

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  42. You seem to have had a few problems with your bell end. Not pulling hard enough.

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  43. That looks very hard John-and Hattie did really good-I could not not ring that bell I'm sure xx

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