During our practice on Wednesday 16 March the 9th clapper suddenly broke. Paul denied that it was because of excessively loud ringing by the person who so often rings the 9th (him) although he wasn’t actually ringing it at the time. We are awaiting the return of the clapper from Whitechapel, which won’t be before Easter. Meanwhile ringing continues as usual, but the quarter planned for Evensong ringing on Easter Day has been cancelled.