@popey it’s not! I’m in two quarter peals (about 45-50 minutes of ringing involving full concentration) for the quarter peal weekend of the Lancaster branch of the LACR
@smallcircles around here (Portugal, Europe) I haven't seen one outside people's homes, municipalities/the State don't have/use them. Yesterday I had lunch and a municipality worker was using a gas one for the whole duration of my lunch. Thankfully the restaurant was well insulated and it's Autumn, or an open door/being on the restaurant's terrace would have made my ears bleed.