Today I was looking forward to seeing Laura and Rob get married but Joe was not feeling well this morning so we thought it best not to go rather than risk taking illness with us to a group of people and particularly to Rob and Laura before they go on honeymoon.

I have been looking forward to seeing our friend Laura get married for a while. Laura is quite special and one of those people we have known for over 13 years from the time she was in our youth group in Nailsea. It was going to be a real privilege to see her tie the knot, but it seems by a weird coincidence Joe’s illness saved us from 15 mile queues on the M25.

I’m really sorry we missed Laura and Rob get married, but I’m glad we missed this. If we had left as planned we would be still sitting in the queue now as the road is still closed!