An Unwelcome Return

As the Regulars were rudely awakened for the first un-eagerly anticipated working day of the New Year they were appalled to see the wintry weather had returned.

This dismay did not, this time, reflect the possibility of a return of dangerous and challenging journeys to and from their respective places of employment, but more that the horrors of extreme conditions clothing they had hope to put behind them may be set to return: