Method to the Madness
by Nathan Fung
Each image is a blue line diagram for a minor (6 bell) method used in change ringing. In change ringing, the red line typically marks the treble bell (numbered 1). The blue line marks the path of one of the inside bells.
The names of the methods are as follows:
Randall-Clarke Surprise Minor Uttoxeter Surprise Minor Norfolk Surprise Minor Gianluca Treble Place Minor Iceland Spar Delight Minor Shrubbery Farm Treble Place Minor Meynell Langley Treble Place Minor Yeah, But, No, But, Yeah, But, Delight Minor Darling Buds of May Delight Minor Orkney Treble Bob Minor
Indexing into the method names first using the bells of the red lines gives RUNGISMYDO. Indexing into the method names next using the numbers corresponding to the blue lines in the images gives LEFULBLANK. Strung together, this gives RUNG IS MY DOLEFUL BLANK.
"Rung is my doleful knell" is a line from a poem by Anne Boleyn giving the answer KNELL.