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This can be any doubles variation. Some of the more popular doubles variations are:

• Old Doubles* – Plain Bob rung with an Old single
• April Day – Plain Bob rung with a Grandsire single
• Clifford’s Pleasure – Reverse Canterbury rung with a Grandsire single
• Kennington – Plain Bob rung with a Reverse Canterbury bob
• Southrepps – Reverse Canterbury rung with a Plain Bob bob
• May Day – Plain Bob rung with a Pink’s single

But you’re not limited to these six. More doubles variations can be found on pages 26–7 of the 2020 Ringing World diary, and in the resources below.

* Some people consider an Old single to be the standard single for Plain Bob Doubles and therefore do not recognise Old Doubles as a separately named variation. For the purpose of the 2020 pathways, Old Doubles is allowed as a variation.

Resources

• An article by Richard Smith introducing variations, published in The Ringing World on 24 January 2020.
• A selection of common doubles variations by Peter Hinton.
• The complete list of doubles variations maintained by Peter Hinton.
• Learning Curve 2.3: Why learn Grandsire? – discusses simple variations using Grandsire, Antelope, Pink and Wallflower Singles.
• Doubles Methods and Variations handout from the Alresford School of Bell Ringing Website