"Brendan DJ Murphy" wrote in message ...

No thanks, by the time it gets to the end of Feb I'm sick of
winter and watching the daffodils get taller, the days longer
and the sun climbing higher in the sky.
Late Feb is a time for dreaming of an early spring, not of a
last gasp of winter


Late feb is when the climbing and ski touring season is approaching
its best.
March is the best month of the winter - better daylight, and usually
big snow accumilations on the hills.

Richard Webb