Work from Home Wisdom Christmas TreeLast night we arrived home after a short visit to my parents in Lincolnshire. We managed to avoid the traffic hold-ups so many people have experienced due to the cold weather, accidents and number of cars on the road, but it was still an eventful trip.

We left at 7.30 on Monday morning after overnight snow, and the windscreen washer remained obstinately frozen for the first 80 miles, which meant several stops to wash away the mud and salt spray. I’d never have believed how happy I could be to see the first feeble drops of water spray up onto the windscreen! On the way back we drove through just about every kind of weather possible, from bright sunshine to freezing fog, rain and snow. To think we originally decided to make the trip then as the chances of bad weather are so much higher after Christmas!

I am about to close my laptop for the break, so it just remains to wish all home workers a peaceful and relaxing Christmas, followed by a happy and profitable New Year. Whole new decade in fact! We can take comfort in the knowledge we are well-placed to ride all the changes the coming years will bring.