The rise of the water at high tide moves the clapper to strike the bell.
Played by the movement of the waves, the bell creates a varying, gentle, musical pattern.
As the effect of global warming increases, the periods of bell strikes will become more and more frequent,
and as the bell becomes submerged in the rising water the pitch will vary.

Appledore Bell Inscription
In thrall to the moon
rocked by her ebb and flow
I sing of swells beneath the stars
black waves at the storms height
new ships’ rhythmic passage west
seabirds in the dancing wake
all who set sail in sorrow or joy
and all who sleep below