The biggest danger in life…
…wrote George Leigh Mallory, 'is not taking adventure'.
I was saddened, but not at all surprised to wake up bleary-eyed to BBC's Breakfast News this morning and hear that more and more British schools are avoiding taking pupils on outdoor activities for fear of being sued.
Elsewhere, the NOAA's Arctic Ocean webcam shows that it's getting pretty dark and wintery on the icy Arctic wastes. Either that or it's sunk…
— Filed under Rumination