Quote of the day

"What is the appeal of freezing trackless wastes? Well, if they were trackless they wouldn't actually appeal to me. But freezing... oh yes, I love cold weather. It can't get too cold for me. It stimulates me somehow, the cold. And it's so easy to cope with - I mean, you just put more clothes on. In extreme heat there's nothing you can do except curl up and hope to die. Of the two extremes the cold is the one I go for every time."

(Dervla Murphy, travel writer, c/o The Independent on Sunday, 19/11/06)