Richborough Delight Minor

About Richborough Delight Minor

Richborough is a member of the group of methods having Oxford Treble Bob above the treble, but with a 5ths place half lead making 4 the pivot bell.

Richborough Delight Minor is one of a group of 5 Treble Dodging methods all having identical work below the treble.

• Conisborough Delight Minor
• Richborough Delight Minor (Ibid)
• Bamborough Surprise Minor
• Bacup Surprise Minor
• Kelso Surprise Minor

Method Structure.

Place Notation:
X 34 X 16 X 12 X 36 12.X.14 56, 16, Bob 14, Single 1456.

Grid:

Diagram: Richborough Delight Minor, plain lead, change-rows and grid.

Goals and learning approach

What you are trying to achieve needs to drive your approach.

Ringing by structure

Get going:.
Use whatever learning approach you like most to acquire enough knowledge to ring a plain course. Ring a few and see what aspects of the method spring out, and study these. Practice until courses and simple touches are ringable.

Performance Level

If you are wishing to achieve 720s, Quarters, or peals:
start with the "get going" as above, add in the bits that are natural to you.
Study the Double Place Bell sequences, and the lines.
Practice a lot.
Achieve some performances .

Method Mastery Level

It is unusual for a band to wish to achieve mastery in a method like Richborough.

Learning Richborough Delight Minor.

The Rules

Ring Oxford Treble Bob above the treble and Cnisborough Delight below.

The Structure

Use of the grid is helped enormously by an ability to see the position of treble.

Double Blue Lines

The Double Blue Lines give a useful overview of the method, adding context which is helpful for overcoming trips.

Richborough Delight Minor, 1-2

Diagram: Richborough Delight Minor, 1-2.

Richborough Delight Minor, 3-4

Diagram: Richborough Delight Minor, 3-4.

Richborough Delight Minor, 5-6

Diagram: Richborough Delight Minor, 5-6.

Artefacts

The Blue Line features worth noting are the pointy work as a transition into and out of backward hunting.

Place Notation and Grid

The choice here is personal preference. The author’s preference is the visual nature of the grid.

Section by Section

(To follow once more practise has been achieved).

Ringing Richborough Delight Minor.

Track the treble

Awareness of the position of the treble is a key skill for most bellringing methods, and a significant help in ringing Richborough Delight Minor. Some hints and tips for developing the skill are given in the techniques section.

The 1-2 and 3-4 sections are pure Oxford TB.

The most difficult part of Richborough are the transitions into and out of the backward hunting across the Half Lead.

Positional Awareness

Location 3rds and 4ths for the pointy work can be tricky.

Place Notation Elements

The method only contains X, 34, 16, 12, 36, 12X14, 56.

Place Bells, Pivot Leads, and Staging posts

4ths place bell is the pivot bell, see notes above.

156342 LE 16: Double Court Bob; Sandal Treble Bob, Hull Surprise

1-2:1-2, 1-6, 1-3, 1-4, 1-5, 1-2
3-4:3-4, 4-5, 5-2, 2-6, 6-3, 3-4
5-6:6-5, 3-2, 4-6, 5-3, 2-4, 6-5

Awareness of other bells

Coursing Order in Richborough Delight Minor

Natural Coursing Order is compromised by the “Oxford above” nature of the work above the treble. However, there is much natural coursing order below the treble. Coursing pair 5-6 work and stay close together including the points and backward hunting, and 2-3 are a reflection of this. Natural Coursing order is also evident in the bells in 4ths place under the treble.

Ringing the Method

(Notes to follow)

Bobs and Singles.

Bobs replace the 6ths place at the Lead End with 4ths as per Reverse Bob.

Touches of Richborough Delight Minor.

Use Bobs only callings for Double Court Bob