In a touch, the roles of the bells change (including possibly yours), so which bells are your course and after bells can change. It is helpful to consider what can't change.
Pass the treble (going up) in: |
Then do: |
Then pass the treble (going down) in: |
---|---|---|
At the back = 4-5 | Dodge 3‑4 Down | 3-2 |
3-4 | Long 5ths | 4-3 |
2-3 | Dodge 3‑4 Up | 5-4 = At the back |
1-2 | Make 2nds | 2-1 |
Underscored places are those in which you ring over the treble. |
other bellin 2‑3 (going out) and 3‑2 (coming in). Your dodges are with this
other bell. Which bell is the
other bellmay change, but that you will pass your
other bellin 2‑3/3‑2 will not change.
Calls are made coming up to a lead end,
the pull at which the treble strikes its second blow in leads
and thus ends its lead
.
Figure 1. No bob called
Figure 1 shows a lead end at which no bob was called.
Figure 2. Bob called
Figure 2 shows the same lead end with a bob called. The bob is called before the handstroke at which the treble comes into lead; the lead end is the subsequent backstroke.
Instead, Green Runs Out (what hunting out is termed at a call) and thus is in 3rds at the lead end and does the 3rds work: it hunts out to the back, in to the lead, passes the treble in 1‑2 and Makes 2nds (as though it had just done Dodge 3‑4 Up).
Later, it will be dodging with Fuchsia, whom it passed in 3‑2.
It dodges with Orange, whom it passed in 2‑3.
Make the Bob) and thus is in 4ths at the lead end and does the 4ths work: it hunts in to lead, then hunts out to do Long 5ths (as though it had just done Dodge 3‑4 Down).
Later, it will be dodging with Green, whom it passed in 2‑3.
Later, it will dodge with Blue, whom it passed in 3‑2.
The least information to memorize:
Would have done | At Bob |
Then |
---|---|---|
Make 2nds | Run Out | Hunt in and Make 2nds |
Dodge 3‑4 Down. | Run In | Hunt out and Dodge 3‑4 Down |
Long 5ths |
Long 5ths
(unaffected) |
Dodge 3‑4 Up
(unaffected) |
Dodge 3‑4 Up |
Make the Bob: two blows in 4ths then Run In |
Hunt out and Long 5ths |
An additional conceptual step, but more useful in the long run:
Would have done | At Bob |
Then |
---|---|---|
The work at
2nds start |
Run Out,
will be in 3rds at lead end (as if finishing Dodge 3‑4 Up) |
The work following
3rds start: Make 2nds |
The work at
4ths start |
Run In,
will be at 2nds at lead end (as if finishing Make 2nds) |
The work following
2nds start: Dodge 3‑4 Down |
Long 5ths | Long 5ths | Dodge 3‑4 Up. |
Dodge 3‑4 Up |
Make the Bob, will be in 4ths at lead end (as if finishing Dodge 3‑4 Down) |
The work following
4ths start: Long 5ths |
As while ringing the rest of Plain Bob Doubles, where you pass the treble is always the same at a bob, no matter which other bells are doing what work:
What you did | Where you pass the treble |
---|---|
Run Out | Does not pass the treble |
Run In | 2-1 down |
Make the Bob | 3-2 down |
I thank Ed Milner who kindly made suggestions for improvement.
All bells for
Plain Bob Doubles
All working bells
(2-5) perform
their landmarks at
the same time