[r-t] Proposed definition of a peal

[ted.steele at tesco.net]

---- David Sullivan <david_vince_sullivan at yahoo.co.uk> wrote: 
> Ted writes:
> >Why would you ever call "simple" cinques and max variable cover? 
> >Only the cinques bits require a cover so it is only variable cover 
> >if the cover changes during the cinques.
> 
> You could ring a bit of cinques with a given bell as cover, change
> to maximus for a while, and then change back to cinques with a
> different bell as cover. Is this variable cover if the cover
> doesn't vary in the cinques?
> 
> Dave

Yes, because the cover has changed in the cinques, albeit not between consecutive rows; you could say that a bit of max has been inserted between the variations.

Ted