Cambridge Surprise Minor: an introduction to the method

Presentation delivered by Phil Ramsbottom on Saturday 13 March 2021.
Phil suggests some methods to ring before trying Cambridge before discussing the theory of the method. The presentation concludes with some suggestions for other methods to ring after learning Cambridge.

[@SandraT1107]

Haha, thank you! I do need to understand the logic of a method before I can really have a serious stab. Still an early doors method learner :)

[@mauriceoreilly9955]

What a wonderful introduction to Cambridge Surprise Minor. I am 'returning' to Cambridge after about 40 years. I was 'able' to ring it, but just by 'clinging to the blue line', and not really understanding it. I don't fully understand it yet, but you have given plenty of pointers towards making real progress. Recently, I've returned to taking the treble and can normally get through a plain course without messing it up for the inside bells. On Sunday we'll have a practice for this method and I've said I'd try to learn inside. Your tutorial has helped me look beyond the blue line. In Dublin (or Ireland generally) we don't have a large population of proficient ringers, so the challenge of making progress is more acute than in England. Many thanks!

[@stmartinsguildsmgcbr4258]

Really appreciate your comments Maurice, - thank you. Please get in touch if I can help further in any way, I'm easy enough to find.

[@Steven_Rowe]

I am no great ringer, also it's one thing to know methods ut totally different to actually ring it.
I have rung rhe atandard 8, Cambridge , Yorkshire and London Royal but only because I learn the blue line.
I really feel I still don't understand the mechanics of what is going on, I am amazed at people who can ring and can tell everybody else where they are.
As far as the standard 8 was concerned I Lear method also all the place bells, I then got little business cards and on one side I wrote the method and place bell, I then drew the blue line out from the place bell to the next place bell.
I shuffled the cards and then would go through the pack , this way if I was ringing spliced and another method was called I would know mu place bell then knew what the new blue line was.
Do I understand, not really .
Some ringers would say well Yorkshire is Cambridge above the treble,well that really didn't help me.
I never rung a peal of 8 spliced but rang 4 spliced at Bradford Peverill with Timothy F Collins, it was Cambridge, Yorkshire Lincolnshire and Rutland.

[@francescogreenslade7793]

This video was very helpful and easy to follow - thank you so much : )

[@stmartinsguildsmgcbr4258]

Thank you, - very kind of you to say.