How to use the online alarm clock
Waking at 7:17 pm leaves you needing to get your bearings before joining the bellringers for their bell-tower round. The alarm marks the moment to sit up, check where you are meeting and gather what you need without rushing straight from sleep. With 8:00 pm approaching, there is still a useful window for getting ready and travelling to the church.
Because this alarm is keeping your bell-tower visit on schedule, leave the browser running while you wash, dress or pack a torch. If the browser is shut or your phone goes to sleep, the bell-tower alarm may never sound, leaving you unaware that it is time to set off. Keep the page active, the sound audible and the phone connected to power if its battery is low; a separate phone alarm provides sensible backup for a fixed meeting.
A just-woken bellringer can easily underestimate the evening journey, especially when traffic is still clearing around a town centre. Check the route before leaving and allow for finding the church entrance, parking nearby or walking from a bus stop rather than treating the arrival time as the moment to reach the street. At around 7:17 pm, roadworks, commuter traffic and less frequent local buses can all extend the trip, so base your departure on the current journey estimate plus a small practical margin.
Common questions
Will it still be right when the clocks change?
Yes. It reads your device's local clock, so the move between GMT and BST at the end of March and October is picked up automatically, as long as the computer's date, time and time zone are set correctly.
Can I use this on a phone?
It works in a mobile browser, but phones lock the screen and suspend background tabs far more readily than a laptop does, which can stop the alarm sounding. For anything important, a desktop or a plugged-in laptop is the steadier option.
Does the alarm still work if I close the tab?
No. Everything runs inside this page, so closing the tab — or quitting the browser altogether — ends the countdown there and then. Leaving it open in the background is all it asks, and switching to another tab makes no difference.
What happens if my laptop goes to sleep before 7:17 pm?
The tab sleeps along with it and the alarm will not sound on time, if at all. If you are relying on it, change the power settings so the machine stays awake, or keep a phone alarm running as well.
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