"David Buttery" wrote in message
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On Sun, 22 Feb 2009 16:55:41 +0000, Will Hand wrote:

Not much left now.

Still a few sizeable deep patches though, managed to walk over hard
compacted snow near Princetown today. Most snow seems to be around the
high Tors and in deep eastern facing gullies. It will be interesting to
see how long it lasts.

They are natural, still the odd man-made snow pile around roadsides etc.
, but they don't count!

Still, slightly to my surprise, the odd patch of (natural) snow along the
summit ridgeline of Clee Hill, and at least one slightly lower down in a
very sheltered location (a dip between the main slope and a large
boulder).

--
Bewdley, Worcs. ~90m asl.

These reports of long-lasting patches of snow has reminded me of a Mr N.
Field , who lived in Eversham in the 1940s , and made regular visits to
Broadway Hill ( 1048ft) to check on winter conditions there compared to
his valley town ( obviously he was a snow enthusiast). In 1947, after the
exceptional winter, he made several summer visits. On 28 June he reported
( in a letter to 'Weather ' in 1948) that a drift 15 x11 yards still
survived there despite the heatwave at the end of May and in early June.
Unable to get to the site in July, he showed commendable initiative by
contacting County Council roadmen who were working in the area and they
reported that the drift survived until at least 12 July.

Peter Clarke
Ewell, Epsom