Originally Posted by
langleybaston
.............I was a keen bell ringer, achieving a goodly number of Quarter Peals all over Lincolnshire ...... 45 minutes of concentrated mental and physical effort, and dedicated teamwork in a six or eight person team............before the first Quarter many years ago, I needed a pee round the back of the church..............
I've only done a few full peals so far, (up to 3 hours' ringing as you know), but I never would attempt the extreme length ones some crazy folk do; when they require, ahem, assistance with a bottle during ringing !!!