Kentish Delight Minor

About Kentish Delight Minor

Kentish is a member of the group of methods having pure Kent Treble Bob above the treble.

Kentish Delight Minor is one of a group of 5 Treble Dodging methods all having identical (Surfleet Surprise) work below the treble.

• Berkeley Delight Minor
• Kentish Delight Minor (Ibid)
• Surfleet Surprise Minor
• Hexham Surprise Minor
• Munden Surprise Minor

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

Method Structure.

Place Notation:
34X34. 16 X 12 X 36 .14X12. 56, 16, Bob 14, Single 1456.

Grid:

Diagram: Oswald 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 Oswald. 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.

Learning Kentish Delight Minor.

The Rules

Assuming that Kent TB and Surfleet S have already been learned):

Kentish Delight Minor - the rules:
Ring Kent Treble Bob Minor above the Treble and Surfleet Surprise below.

Kentish Delight Minor - alternative rules:
Ring Berkeley Delight Minor with a 6ths place Lead End.

The Structure

Familiarity with the grid is very valuable owing to the separation between the pair in 1-2 versus the other 4 bells. 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.

Kentish Delight Minor, 1-2

Diagram: Kentish Delight Minor, 1-2.

Kentish Delight Minor, 3-4

Diagram: Kentish Delight Minor, 3-4.

Kentish Delight Minor, 5-6

Diagram: Kentish Delight Minor, 5-6.

Artefacts

The Blue Line features worth noting are:
Alternate dodging and places in 1-2.
"Treble Bob Hunting" in 3-4-5-6 when the treble is above 2nds.

Place Notation and Grid

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

Pictels

Section by Section

(To follow once more practise has been achieved).

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

Positional Awareness

Kent TB above the treble is of some assistance.

Place Notation Elements

The method contains 34X34, X, 36, 12 .14x12. 16, 56.

Place Bells, Pivot Leads, and Handrails.

135264 LE 16: Reverse Bob; Nelson T.B.; Primrose Surprise

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

3rds place bell is the pivot bell.

2-4 to 4-6, and 6-5 to 5-3 are interesting and easy, relax here.

Awareness of other bells

Coursing Order in Kentish Delight Minor

• Natural Coursing Order is well preserved throughout.

Ringing the Method

Bobs and Singles.

As per Kent TB.

Touches of Kentish Delight Minor.

6ths place lead end 135264 is unusual, with 6th observation, the calling positions are 4ths, Out, In, Home, Wrong.