An abrupt change in travel plans

[sawyl]

I'd been planning and preparing to go back to the Midlands this afternoon, but I've shelved my plans in light of the worsening weather warnings with a view to travelling on Monday instead. Happily for my conscience, G has also cried off: she's gone down with a cold and won't be flying down for the weekend after all.

Just as well: travelling by train in a snowpocalypse one only risks getting stuck in a snowdrift between Cheltenham and Birmingham; travelling by plane, one risks being stacked up over BHX while the people on the ground frantically try to clear the snow and ice off the runway...