So I had plans. Good plans. Then I bottled out because of an oncoming storm. Over the past 24 hours I have consumed everything I could about Storm Goretti. I followed the advice. Canceled the aforementioned plan and now I await its arrival. It’s a bit late. Currently it is raging over the West Midlands like Alioth. By 16:00 hrs we should have the first lashings of rain then maybe quite a lot of snow. Time will tell.

Wish us luck.