5040 Spliced Major (23 Methods)
Composed by D F Morrison (no. 8266)
224 each Bristol Surprise, Cambridge Surprise, Cooktown Orchid Delight, Cornwall Surprise, Deva Surprise, Double Dublin Surprise, Ealing Surprise, Ely Surprise, Glasgow Surprise, Jovium Surprise, Kenninghall Surprise, Lancashire Surprise, Lessness Surprise, London Surprise, Mareham Delight, Painswick Surprise, Rook and Gaskill Surprise, Superlative Surprise, Venusium Surprise, York Surprise, Yorkshire Surprise, Ytterbium Surprise; 112 Double Norwich Court Bob, 160 com; atw.
5040 Spliced Major (23 Methods)
  2345678  York
  3527486  Ytterbium
  6482735  Kenninghall
- 7864523  Venusium
  2345867  Superlative
  5637284  Lancashire
- 5678342  Bristol
  7536284  Jovium
  4283675  London
  8462537  Ealing
  6854723  Mareham
  3725468  Cornwall
- 4237856  Lessness
  3482675  Rook and Gaskill
  8364527  Double Norwich
- 7568234  Ely
  6725483  Deva
  8354726  Painswick
- 3426875  Cambridge
  6745382  Cooktown Orchid
  7568423  Yorkshire
  8253746  Glasgow
  2384567  Double Dublin
- 8234567

Repeat six times.
The twenty-three method arrangement contains 224 each Bristol Surprise, Cambridge Surprise, Cooktown Orchid Delight, Cornwall Surprise, Deva Surprise, Double Dublin Surprise, Ealing Surprise, Ely Surprise, Glasgow Surprise, Jovium Surprise, Kenninghall Surprise, Lancashire Surprise, Lessness Surprise, London Surprise, Mareham Delight, Painswick Surprise, Rook and Gaskill Surprise, Superlative Surprise, Venusium Surprise, York Surprise, Yorkshire Surprise and Ytterbium Surprise and 112 Double Norwich Court Bob, with 160 changes of method and 231 runs of four or more consecutive bells either at the back (141) or at the front (90).


This composition was rung on Sunday, 3 March 2019 at Bristol.