A visiting band of ringers (all in Suffolk) are attempting to ring a full peal on Sproughton's 6 bells. Richard Munnings has organised this attempt in memory of his Father, Alan Munnings, who passed away back in September 2020 and as today would have been his 80th birthday, it seems a very appropriate tribute. Alan was a staunch member of the Sproughton band for many years. A full peal consists of ringing over 5,000 unique changes without error and this feat, which commences around 10:30am, will take about 2 hours and 45 mins to complete. The peal will start with the bells ringing in 'rounds' (the bells ringing in sequence from the Treble (lightest) to the Tenor bell (the heaviest) and then, will start ringing methods (similar to a pattern or map which the ringers commit to memory) resulting in the order that the bells ring in changing every time the bell rings, until the bells have been rung in over 5,000 unique permutations and Conductor calls the bells to return to ringing in rounds.
The band are very experienced bellringers and if you listen out for the bells ringing, you should hear them being 'well struck'. All bellringers aim to continually improve their striking (where they try to ensure the space between each bell ringing is equal).