WE rang the bells at the Worcester Cathedral and stepped foot inside a room that very few people have been in.
The current set of bells at the Worcester Cathedral has been producing music for the residents of Worcester since 1928.
A select group of people, called the Worcester Cathedral Guild of Bellringers are behind the amazing sounds produced on a weekly basis.
The guild has 30-plus members and is called to action twice a week, once on Sunday morning before the Eucharist service, and again on Monday evening for practice.
We were shown around the ringing room which people do not usually have access to.
When we arrived we were greeted by Darran Ricks, the ringing master at the cathedral.
And after climbing 108 steps we reached the teaching room - exhausted but excited to see inside.
Inside the room was a series of practice bells for upcoming bellringers to practice on without the cathedral making noise.
Mr Ricks said: "These practice bells are used for training recruits.
"They are lighter than the ones above us and don't make any sound for the public to hear.
"I would say it takes six months of practice to be comfortable with bellringing and maybe after a year you could be comfortable in the ringing chamber."
It seems I wasn't done with steps as I then climbed up another 27 to the ringing chamber.
Sixteen coloured ropes were hanging from the ceiling, each attached to a bell.
Alongside the ropes, the wall was covered in boards noting down some of the peals that had been performed.
A peal is a series of notes lasting around four hours to complete and is only played on special occasions.
It was only later on that I found out that each board cost £1,000.
Mr Ricks then rang the bell and it was surprisingly quiet, he said that it was quieter in the ringing chamber than outside.
Mr Ricks said: "It's quite a grand room, it's quite exhilarating really because every performance is a public performance
"There is a lot of mental and physical pressure, if one person is having a bad day we stop and swap people around."
We then climbed the rest of the remaining 235 steps up to the tower roof, stopping by the Belfry to see the bells, waving at the Peregrine Falcon chicks on my way up.
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