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@NurseHolliday
Let me go into more detail.
I own layers for days, so those are sorted, my jacket selection is minimal, I've got a Gore windproof jacket but it's cycling specific so no hood, but very packable, and a full on snowboarding jacket which is no good for anything but snowboarding and driving my car with the roof down in winter.
My other half also has plenty of layers, a 10 year old Berghaus packable windproof that has seen much, much better days, and a ski puffa.
We do plenty of walks in the UK, mostly Chilterns, Epping, whenever we're out with her family it's in the midlands, and we've got friends up near Sheffield so have walked Jacob's Ladder/Pennine Way/Kinder a few times. However we always avoid walking in the wet because we don't like getting wet.
We're going to Japan to do some walking/hiking in the Alps and right now the forecast is showing it's going to be pretty thundery but also warm when we're there and we don't want to have to miss out just because it's raining hard, so in my classic #buyersgonnabuy mentality, I was thinking a hardshell would stop us getting soaked out there, and then would also be useful for walking in the UK (so we're not spending £300 between us just for 1 trip!)
However, based on people with more experience's opinions (ie, you people), I'm willing to do something different. We just both really don't like getting wet - I know, I know, it's part of being outdoors....