Nick Maclaren wrote:

We have had negligible wind, and it has been fairly warm (-4 Celcius),
but there were a couple of days with treacherous travelling conditions.
Cambridge is, however, in the lee of almost every hill the south of
the UK possesses.

You are joking. It's been really wild in Swavesey, 10 miles to the
North West. I spent Sunday morning clearing the paths in Waresley
Wood (20 miles West of Cambridge) of fallen trees.
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Nick Wagg