After a few days at home with Laura’s parents, we returned to London and then headed quickly to Wales with a fantastic group of friends for a few days in a cottage around New Years. We were near the village of Tretower in Wales – in the Brecon Beacons National Park.

The weather wasn’t nearly as nice as we had had around Christmas, but the group, large communal meals, and plenty of crosswords made up for the bit of mist we got.