Bristol; Friday, 18 February, 2022

In the original plan for this weekend I was down in Somerset for an all day work meeting and I would then pick up my luggage from the hotel, head over to the station and catch the train up into Bristol for a nice weekend, before heading back on the Sunday evening.

Unfortunately, the weather was having different ideas and I was staying right in the red danger to life zone of Storm Eunice as she barrelled into the West Country.

Whilst Bridgwater, where I was, didn’t appear to suffer too much in terms of damage the main effect was on public transport with everything being cancelled, and even the local taxi companies refusing to take passengers. It meant that rather than being in Bristol for the evening work paid for me to spend an extra night in Bridgwater and attempt to start my journey the following morning.

In the meantime I’d contacted the hotel in Bristol who couldn’t refund the money for the Friday night, but could move the booking onto Sunday night so I would still get two nights in Bristol.