Grandsire Triples at Windsor Castle, Berkshire

An audio excerpt from a long touch of Grandsire Triples on this grand and gutsy eight at Windsor Castle on Monday, 1st January 2024
Windsor Castle hangs anticlockwise hard going peal of eight, which are rung from the Curfew Tower. The bells are challenging to ring due to lots of factors such as the frame, the long draft, and not much maintenance on the bells. This makes good ringing difficult to achieve. However, if the bells are rung faster, then then it is much easier to perform good ringing. For me, it was worth the challenge as I wanted to achieve some nice ringing on New Years Day. We were meant to ring a quarter peal, but unfortunately, we didn't score it due to bells swapping over. However, a touch of 504 changes of Grandsire Triples was rung after, and therefore, it felt nice to score something even if it wasn't a quarter peal! The ringers there were very welcoming and I was pleased to have been invited on such a special occasion. Also, I was accompanied by one of my ringing friends, James Joynson, who also has a KZbin channel and was very kind to me. The link to his KZbin channel can be found here: / @jamesjoynson Enjoy the video!
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[@DylanSmith_15]

Have always loved the sound of these. Extremely characterful and grand in my opinion.

[@BellRingingMember488]

why do 7 and tenor sound out of tune?

[@RingerThomas]

Because they are! But I like them and the out of tuneness is such as match for the surroundings!

[@BellRingingMember488]

@@RingerThomas ok

[@jasnfinlay]

What an awful sound!

[@RingerThomas]

I would say grand rather than awful.

[@jasnfinlay]

@@RingerThomas Taste is subjective, I suppose.

[@RingerThomas]

​@@jasnfinlayMaybe not the best in tune, but certainly a match for the Castle!