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Death lurks nearby. There's a "sheer" hundred drop a few feet behind me,...
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which is why I'm leaning into the gale and horizontal rain here on Ilse of Skye. No signs, no railings.

St. Andrews has drop offs into the harbor and along the cliffs in town. The town posts a disclaimer, "Enjoy a tour of the harbor but do so at your own risk", type of placard. As the so called "Nanny state" goes though, isn't the more socialist attitude of the EU- the definition- of Nanny state? Politics are mostly cliche'.

One student fell to his death last year just a few feet off the sidewalk, but he climbed the low iron fence, not a good idea. A not too rare occurrence I'm afraid.

However, we have no railings around our harbors here either.

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