Almost the only twin-hunt Doubles method that is commonly rung is Grandsire. As you can see below, the plain course is relatively simple - the three working bells each do 3rds, 4-5 down and 4-5 up. Note the starts - the 4th and 5th each begin by making a point to finish off their dodges. The 2 rings plain hunt, until a Bob or a Single is called. See here for information about Bobs and Singles.
The next method is Antelope, which has 4-5 places instead of dodges. Note that the effect of making 5ths and lying behind is that you do 3 blows in 5ths place altogether. See here for more information.
There are also two other asymmetric methods, with different work in 4-5: Newark and Wollaton, which are the reverses of each other.
Grandsire | Antelope | Newark | Wollaton |
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Each single-hunt Minimus method extends to Doubles by adding an extra hunt bell. So, for instance, Grandsire Doubles corresponds to Plain Bob Minimus (making 3rds instead of 2nds and dodging 4-5 instead of 3-4) and Antelope corresponds to Reverse Canterbury.
The remaining nine plain Minimus methods give these twin-hunt Doubles methods:
Breaston | Spondon | Reverse Grandsire |
Reverse Antelope |
Double Grandsire |
Double Antelope |
Single Court |
Reverse Court |
Double Court |
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There are also Reverse and Double versions of Newark and Wollaton:
Reverse Newark |
Reverse Wollaton |
Double Newark |
Double Wollaton |
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See also an article by Andrew Wood on Double Doubles methods, from the Ringing World in 1992.
You can also ring Grandsire, Antelope, Newark and Wollaton with the 3 as the hunt bell. The resulting methods all have "New" in the title, but the Central Council doesn't recognise these as distinct methods, just as the same ones starting in a different place.
New Grandsire |
New Antelope |
New Newark |
New Wollaton |
Reverse New Grandsire |
Reverse New Antelope |
Reverse New Newark |
Reverse New Wollaton |
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Another interesting group of methods has the 5 plain hunting as the other hunt bell. Bedfont Place, Double Portington Place and Cranbourne Place all have palindromic symmetry, while Single Portington Place and Reverse Portington Place are asymmetric.
Bedfont | Double Portington |
Cranbourne | Single Portington |
Reverse Portington |
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And, in case that isn't enough, I think these are all the other asymmetric methods with the 5 as the hunt bell: