He can't "have a go" if the actual wx is below the minima for himself or his aircraft.
Time spent holding for an improvement once you pass a certain hour on a winter evening is often just time ( &fuel) that could be usefully employed going somewhere more suitable ( & legal) Cut your losses & get out of there is often the best solution (conversely not in the morning perhaps) which appears to be what was done. How many more pages can we dedicate to a total non-event.
BTW totally agree with previous comments regards P.A content, totally advocate the "mushroom treatment" ( keep em in the dark & feed them sh1t) or at any rate something that can't be regurgitated & misconstrued.