Caernarvon Delight Minor

About Caernarvon Delight Minor

Caernarvon is a member of the group of methods having 2nds place Kent Treble Bob above the treble.

Below the treble, 3rds place is made at the 4-5 cross-sections and at the half lead. The asymmetrical work in the 5-6 section creates pointy work in 3-4.

Caernarvon Delight Minor is one of a group of 3 Treble Dodging Delight methods all having identical work below the treble.

• Caernarvon Delight Minor (Ibid)
• Conway Delight Minor
• Bucknall Delight Minor

At of September 2025 Bellboard had just 4 performances that included Caernarvon Delight Minor.

Method Structure.

Place Notation:
34X34. 16 X 12 X 36 .12 X 14. 36, 12, Bob 14, Single 1234.

Grid:

Diagram: Caernarvon 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.

But this is a valuable method for developing the ability to associate structure with the treble's position, whilst also developing the skill of continuously following the coursing order. Also, this gives excellent practice at leading wrong.

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 Caernarvon.

Learning Caernarvon Delight Minor.

The Rules

Caernarvon Delight Minor - the rules:
Caernarvon is not suitable for ringing by rules.

The Structure

Familiarity with the grid is very valuable. The pointywork in 1-2 aligns with treble in 4ths, the pointy work in 3-4 aligns with the treble in 6ths.

Double Blue Lines

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

Caernarvon Delight Minor, 1-2

Diagram: Caernarvon Delight Minor, 1-2.

Caernarvon Delight Minor, 3-4

Diagram: Caernarvon Delight Minor, 3-4.

Caernarvon Delight Minor, 5-6

Diagram: Caernarvon Delight Minor, 5-6.

Artefacts

The Blue Line features worth noting are:
Kent above.
Pivot bell passes treble 3-2 as per London S.

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

Positional Awareness

Thorough learning of the spacings and touch points of the work below the treble will save much heartache and wasted practice time.
2nds place bell and the pivot bell ring a Stedman Whole Turn "hand in glove", then 2nds place bell and 6ths place bell swap roles in 1-2 as the pivot bell makes the half lead place.

Place Notation Elements

The method has 34X34, X, 36, 12, 12X14, 16.

Place Bells, Pivot Leads, and Handrails

164523 LE 12: Little Bob; Duke of Norfolk T.B., Bourne Surprise

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

Pivot Leads

Pivot bell, is 4ths Place Bell.
For 3-4 pair, the pivot point is when the pair cross over in 1-2 at the Half Lead.
For 5-6 pair, the pivot point is when the pair cross over in 4-5 at the Half Lead.

Handrails

There are no handrails.

Awareness of other bells

Just ring the method, apart from the leading this method is well behaved.

Coursing Order in Caernarvon Delight Minor

• Natural Coursing Order is well preserved throughout (NB Kent above).
• Below the treble, the frontwork bells arrive and depart in Natural coursing order apart from the half lead where the coursing order is split by the pivot bell.
• Little Bob Lead end order gives the abc effect on the three bells starting with a as 2nds place bell. b is pivot bell, a and c cross in 1-2 under the pivot bell making 3rds at the half lead, and c goes on to become the next 2nds place bell
• d and e are a coursing pair and dodge together in 5-6 in both 3-4 sections, and cross in 4-5 at the Half Lead.

Ringing the Method

It looks hard.

Bobs and Singles.

As per Kent TB.

Touches of Caernarvon Delight Minor.

Use bobs-only touches of Little Bob.