As I've told some of you, this past year I applied to the PhD in music at the University of Edinburgh specifically in order to study change ringing. It is now about as certain as it can be that I will be starting this program in September! The current plan is to fly to London on August 15 because I also have a place as a helper on the Bradfield Ringing Course.

I've been in touch with Will Bosworth about sharing some of my work in the Ringing World, but if you're interested in following along a bit in another way, or just supporting my ringing websites, I made a Patreon for this purpose: https://www.patreon.com/alisons. My latest website at towers.changeringing.net is an imitation of the old Dove's Guide iOS app which lets you see the nearest towers and save info about towers you've visited.

I am getting financial support from my family, but it turns out even just applying for a student visa to the UK is SUPER expensive. If any of you are willing and able to contribute to that, you can do so here: https://gofund.me/9f18dcf7.

Mostly unrelated, a couple weeks ago I showed some of the Friday handling folks a calendar I put together of my bird photos! You can get one for yourself, or just look at the photos, at https://www.createphotocalendars.com/Store/Birds+of+Falmouth+MA+16-month+2023-3215350497 (16-month) or at https://www.createphotocalendars.com/Store/Birds+of+Falmouth+MA+2023+Calendar-6819306672 (12-month).

It's been really great getting to ring in Boston over the past nine months. I imagine I'll still visit occasionally since many of my belongings will have to stay in Massachusetts, but it may not be soon. I'll try to get in some final bits of Boston ringing in these last few weeks before I leave!

Alison