Crowland Delight Minor

About Canterbury Delight Minor

Canterbury Delight is a member of the group of methods having London Surprise above the treble. Below the treble, Canterbury has the work of Chiltern Treble Bob.

At June 2025, Bellboard showed just 3 performances of Canterbury Delight Minor.

Canterbury Delight Minor is one of a group of 4 Treble Dodging methods all having identical work below the treble.

• Chiltern Treble Bob
• Taxal Delight
• Humber Delight
• Canterbury Delight (Ibid)

Method Structure.

Place Notation:
36X36. 14 X 12 X 16.34 X 14.36, LE 12, Bob 14, Single 1234.

Grid:

Diagram: Canterbury 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 Canterbury Delight Minor.

Learning Canterbury Delight Minor.

The Rules

Assuming that Taxal Delight and London Surprise have already been learned:

Canterbury Delight Minor - the rules
Ring London Surprise over Taxal Delight.

The Structure

Familiarity with the grid is always very valuable. Canterbury is a challenging method, use all the tools available to you.

Double Blue Lines

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

The Double Place Bell sequences are identical with Plain Bob Minor.

Canterbury Delight Minor, 1-2

Diagram: Canterbury Delight Minor, 1-2.

Canterbury Delight Minor, 3-4

Diagram: Canterbury Delight Minor, 3-4.

Canterbury Delight Minor, 5-6

Diagram: Canterbury Delight Minor, 5-6.

Artefacts

The Blue Line features worth noting are:

• The transitions into and out of backward hunting and their relationship with the treble.
• The 3rds place bell fishtail can be thought of as a point 6ths followed by 5-6 down.
• The pointy work in 1-2 under the treble aligns with treble's first and last blows in 6th each lead.

Place Notation and Grid

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

Pictels

There is little value in splitting this method apart.

Section by Section

(To follow once more practise has been achieved).

Ringing Canterbury 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 Canterbury Delight Minor. Some hints and tips for developing the skill are given in the techniques section.

Positional Awareness

The backward hunting of London Surprise needs to be thoroughly learned before picking up the bells.

Place Notation Elements

The method contains 36x36, X, 14, 12, 16, 34X12 56.

Place Bells, Pivot Leads, and Staging posts

135264 LE 12: Plain Bob; Morning Star T.B.; Westminster S.

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

6ths place bell is the pivot bell, see notes above.

Awareness of other bells

It feels like a mixture of Kent and Stedman, just learn it.

Coursing Order in Canterbury Delight Minor

The Coursing Order needs close study for it to be helpful, it is there, but you have to know the method inimately to use the coursing order.

Ringing the Method

Conquer it to enjoy it.

Bobs and Singles.

Bobs study the notes under London Surprise.

Touches of Canterbury Delight Minor.

Use Bobs only touches of Plain Bob Minor.