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really be to go down to a
beach? – but presumably an
event like this can’t be run
without them. Even sadder is
the idea that ‘venturesome’
children’s freedom to play
has to be curtailed, as if we
can’t trust kids to run around
on the sand any more (and
perhaps dodge a few rocks
and survive some cuts and
scrapes) when, after all, that’s
what beaches are for. Today’s
rules would seem very