Inevitably this year we will read stories about schools banning kids from playing conkers and cries about political correctness and the nanny state.  We are right to be concerned that we will raise a generation of wimps that are to concerned about getting the odd injury from a loose conker, is good character building stuff.

However yesterday I saw something that bucked the trend I couldn’t believe my eyes and it made the trip back from the supermarket a lot more pleasant. I saw a whole group of kids up on the common dressed as pirates, some of the costumes looked like they were even home made! What was more they, were being strongly competitive. They we doing good old fashioned things like climbing trees and jumping of them.

I think if the local council saw them I think they would be horrified that kids could be having such fun, they would have handed them a risk

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