The decision was made Dolly and I would be walking in a woods.

There was a logic behind our thinking.

Storm Amy was hitting the UK.

Weather warnings were being issued by the Met Office for parts of the country.

I had no idea what the advice or forecast was for our part of the country.

There tends to be a trend that all these named storms sweep in from the west and the Atlantic.

Meaning the west coast tends to take the brunt of these storms. By the time things hit the fens in the east the sting has been taken out of the storm.

Walking round a woods would give us some natural protection from what storm Amy might throw at us.

When Dolly and I left the house it was wet. But no raging winds or driving torrential rain.

As we drove there was drops of rain which I couldn’t even call a shower.

The woods we ended up at was the Roydon Common woods.

Our walk round the woods was damp. If I said there was drizzle that would be over exaggerating what we encountered. The trees protected us. No wind, at best a fine wet mist.

The one draw back of the Roydon Common woods is that it’s not a great place for a brew stop. Very few suitable spots exist there. Fallen trunks well down the path of decay, unable to take the weight of me sitting in them.

So naturally even though I had a brew kit with me, we didn’t stop for a brew.

I did spot some fungi as we walked round the woods. Which I love seeing and photographing.

I really should take the time to try and identify the ones spotted.

Back at the car a damp Dolly was treated with some bilatong and a towel rub to dry her off.

In hindsight I think we had avoided the main part of storm Amy and just had a damp enjoyable walk in the woods.