The silver birch

Looking magical with the low sun hitting the trunk at midday. A fairly productive day at work - and I'm on the home straight now as I will be finishing for the Christmas break on Friday.

I'm dismayed at the probable change to the rules for meeting people over Christmas and am very fed up with being messed about. My plans for going to friends in the Borders for Christmas Day involve three households, with a total of four people. I can see the danger in proceeding with the current rules, but surely there shouldn't be any surprises there.