Christmas came early

We normally go to see godson Joe, and his parents Manda and Steve closer to Christmas but they are off to Vietnam next weekend so we brought it forward.  Storm Darragh was raging but we decided to keep to the main roads which were quite heavy with traffic and had an amazingly easy drive both ways.  They live in Strand on the Green, close to the top of the M4, so there few roads to get blocked.   The closest miss was having to dodge a branch a mile or so from the house.  But the storm and wind raged all night.  

As a teenage boy Joe is tricky to buy for but i got a cool t shirt from the cool t shirt shop in Seven Dials and it, as well as some books about Vietnam, seemed to go down well. 

We stuck tot he house the rest of the day. I managed to have a walk down the road but kept away from the woods.  Too risky!