In reply to Matt Maynard: I was meant to be going ice and mixed climbing but a warm front came further north than scheduled and we decide the drive wasn't worth the risk.
Instead I'm typing out the transcript of the interview I did with the permanent undersecretary of state in the Prime Minister's Office last week. We discussed comprehensive security planning and the challenges this produces for cross-government bureaucracy.
Take a 'effing random stab in the dark at which out of the two I would have preferred to be doing!