Spotlight on Harrogate St Wilfrids. A truly beautiful church. Check out the sites below:
http://www.yorkshire.com/view/attractions/harrogate/st-wilfrid-s-church-243607
http://www.riponandleedsbells.org.uk/st%20wilfrid.htm
Still working up your plans for bellringing for Le Tour de France in Yorkshire? Want to see what a major cycle race looks like? Check out the Radio Times guide to cycling via the link below and check out the listings for ITV4 and Eurosport.
Its the Grande Partenza of the Giro d’Italia in Belfast on 9 May. That is the start of the second biggest cycle race in the world. 3 days in Ireland. 3 whole days in Ireland. And a few churches en route…
And its the Women’s Tour in Britain and the mens Tour of Azerbaijan.
See the crowds. See the arena that your bells could ring out to…. And the audience who might want to come and have a go… And see who might sign up to learn at your tower. #bepartofit
http://www.radiotimes.com/programme/y6w/cycling
Find out how churches all along the route of Le Tour are planning to get involved. Offering drinks to fans, hosting concerts, making quiet prayer spaces available and of course bellringing. Loads more ideas and stories on the excellent website below:
http://www.lechurchletour.org/
Can’t wait for Le Tour de France in Yorkshire? Want to find out more about the top global cycle races before Le Tour? Well you are in luck because the second largest cycle race in the world starts in Belfast on Friday 9 May. Visit the websites below to find out more about the 3 days of racing in Northern Ireland and Eire.
http://www.discovernorthernireland.com/Giro-dItalia-Big-Start-2014-Belfast-P34041
http://www.ireland.com/en-gb/campaign/normal-campaign/2014/giro?gclid=CNW8kNa2i74CFTQQtAodQ1kAgw#
http://www.belfastcity.gov.uk/events/Event-24694.aspx?E_EventGroup=Giro2014
Find out a bit more about bellringing in Ireland at the same time with:
http://www.bellringingireland.org/
Tune in this Sunday 27 April for BBC Radio 4 Bells on Sunday http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006sgsh . This weekend you will hear a touch of Bristol Surprise Royal from St. Wilfrid’s York http://www.stwilfridsyork.org.uk/
Fans of Bells and Bikes will of course spot that York is on the Le Tour De France race route in Yorkshire. Sunday 6 July 2014 to be exact Le Tour Yorkshire.
Which Yorkshire tower will be next… It could be you… #bepartofit
With the world’s eyes and ears on Yorkshire, what better time to share the sound of our ringing via BBC Radio 4 Bells on Sunday.
If you ring in a tower on the race route and have a good recording, or can arrange one, please let Rod know via the usual channels. We can then submit for consideration by the producers.
Check out the link below for advice on recordings from The Ringing World.
http://www.ringingworld.co.uk/news-articles/general/504-bells-on-sunday.html
Dear bellringers
Please don’t worry that you can’t ring because you want to watch the cyclists. There’s hours of standing around before they arrive. Plenty of time to fit some ringing in. Continue reading “Calling All Bellringers”
20 April Amstel Gold Netherlands
23 April La Fleche Wallonne Belgium
27 April Liege – Bastogne – Liege Belgium
29 April – 4 May Tour de Romandie Switzerland
9 May – 1 June Giro d’Italia Italy
8 – 15 June Criterium du Dauphine France
14 – 22 June Tour de Suisse Switzerland
5 – 27 July Tour de France France
23 Aug – 14 Sept Vuelta a Espana Spain
Le Tour last came to the UK in 2007. It began with a time trial in London on the Saturday followed by a long race stage to Canterbury on the Sunday.
Here are a few images to bring to life how it felt in Goudhurst, Kent on the Sunday. The photos are taken from the churchyard at Goudhurst. They show the church and its tower. They also show the crowds, the motorcade and the race. The atmosphere was fantastic. Roll on July 2014 in Yorkshire!
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Change ringing is largely unique to the UK and to a very small number of other churches in places like Australia and the USA. It depends on having bells hung on wheels which can be rung full circle and rested mouth upwards. For most of the rest of the world bells hang down and swing or are chimed in static positions. Nevertheless there is a rich vein of bells in the cycling countries of Europe. France has a most beautiful and diverse range of towers all along the various routes Le Tour has taken. Here are just a few images from the 2013 Tour.
There are lots of references to bells all along the race routes of the big cycle races. More to follow here. But for now just a taster from the wonderfully named Belleville, the finishing point for Stage 4 of the 2014 Paris Nice race. Belleville is a typically beautiful French town, rich with the heritage of Beaujolais and blessed with the mighty fine church of Notre Dame de Belleville.
The splendid website below gives history and images of this wonderful church, including organ music from the church.
http://abbatiale-belleville.org/en/photographies/
Further information can also be obtained via http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Notredame_belleville_rhone_arriere_01.png and and http://www.cc-beaujolaisvaldesaone.fr/index.php/les-11-communes/belleville
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