The campus of the University of Warwick where the workshop on model uncertainty organised by the Centre for Research in Statistical Methodology (CRiSM) takes place is situated in a mostly rural environment, despite being close to the Birmingham connurbation. This makes for pleasant runs in the countryside (as long as it does not rain!) and last morning I ran early enough to see two pheasants and a young fox (which seemed quite interested in the pheasants too). The ponds on the campus are also full of Canadian geeses, with a flock of goslings in track…