First pages of our recent District Bellringers' Outing

On 10th October, we had a great time visiting and ringing at eight churches and seeing a working windmill in the Redhill area, with about 40 people attending from 14 different churches in the district. It was wonderful bright and sunny day, ideal for photography!

A summary page of the eight churches - more detailed in separate pages below.

We were due at the first church at 9:30am when it was still slightly misty and chilly before the sun came out to grace us.

A beautiful flower arrangement in a beautiful morning spot: the porch at St Katherine's.

All the churches were still lavishly decorated with autumn style flowers and props, as the weekend before had been Harvest festival. St Katherine's was one of the best for the flowers!

It also provided this very funny scene of ringers "gathered around the pumpkin" which adorned the font in the middle of the ringing chamber.

The bright and cheerful Fly Agarics always remind me of fairy stories from my childhood - these were spotted in the churchyward of the 2nd church.

Lunch was at Bletchingly and entailed a 10-minute walk from church to pub, partly through the idyllic Church Lane and past the Manse cottage.

A break from ringing in the afternoon to make a short detour to Outwood mill, the oldest post mill in England, where we received a short tour of the inside. The photo is the view from the upstairs window.