I missed out that in the mid 90s he was chief executive of City & Guilds. I only found out about that at his funeral on Monday. He never talked about himself. You had to ask him quite specific questions to get him to talk about his life, but he never revealed very much. Howeve if you wanted to talk about politics or sport he would happily talk enthusiastically for hours. Football, rugby, motor racing, golf, cricket, were his main interests, but he could probably hold his own talking about most sports. I’m sure that his work has touched a lot of people’s lives. I’m very proud of him for that.
Trouble is, unless you can fly (which we can’t) you ain’t getting away from one of those. They climb, swim and run much, much faster than us. Canny sense of smell too…
Brown Bears can run at 30 -35 mph (50 feet per second) and keep it up for about 2 miles. So if it sees you a mile away, and its not happy, its on you before you know it. Usain Bolt could run at 27mph for 100m on a track. In the water a bear swims at 5mph, just faster than Micheal Phelps and can do it all day long...
