I tried a stint at change ringing when I was in my teens living near Boston, Mass, USA. Got to ring the bells in Old North Church on the 18th of April in '75 (1975, that is!). I didn't have a head for keeping the changes in my brain, and then we moved to New Hampshire, far from a bell tower. Alas. But it was great fun while it lasted, and hearing the bells on BBC shows on our local PBS station is fun!