Describe the outdoor setting of the story?

"Outside, the night was cold and wet, but in the small living room the curtains were closed and the fire burned brightly."

“Listen to the wind,” said Mr. White who, having seen a mistake that could cost him the game after it was too late, was trying to stop his son from seeing it.

Can’t walk on the footpath without getting stuck in the mud, and the road’s a river.