Monday 6 June 2016

The bells, the bells....

Since we moved flats we find our lives punctuated by "The Bells". In our previous dwelling we only heard them if we left the windows open. Here we hear them even with the windows, shutters and curtains closed - Aaargh! Thankfully they are stopped on the 12th stroke of midnight but even that sounds like the 24 hour clock for as soon as the church strikes 12 the convent bells start, their clock being almost a minute slower. Then if someone in town dies they start a mournful double ring for the deceased. We think the older the person the longer they donger. Then there are various calls to Mass. Anyway it is the beating heart of the town and we love being in it's centre. The bells in the video are in nearby A Ponte and they have rather more agile bell ringers.