The weather was, indeed, worse than expected and came in far more quickly than anyone thought. I was certainly not flying in anything nasty when I left Rendcomb at 14:45 and it was glorious all the way back to Popham but it was a tad windier than we had been led to believe and the snow was considerably worse. I would not have set out if there had been an inkling that getting back might be an issue.
I did chuckle when I saw the government drone on TV defending how the councils had handled the road problem by saying "we had the gritters out at 3pm" Well, IT WAS ALREADY TOO LATE BY THEN WILLIEHEAD!
Glad to hear the lady is fine. Pass on best wishes if you know her.