After a visit yesterdays up to the heads of the valleys - the main trunk
road has a 1350' summit I can report the following snow data.

From the Rhigos eastwards there were large patches of snow in evidence,
which decreased for a while as we followed the main road from Hirwaun to
Brynmawr. As we approached Tredegar we could see large areas of snow on
the road-side embankments - not all north facing interestingly. Towards
Brynmawr there were larger areas of snow.

The town itself had experienced a light fall of snow last Tuesday (I
think) but all that remained were the larger dumps of snow and ice that
the road-clearing folks had accumulated. The previous 7' pile in the
main Asda car park was still about 4' high. Temperatures were around
+7C.

Coming down to Abertillery I was amazed to see on west facing hillsides
great long swathes of snow cornices and beds - easily hundreds of yards
long, and some patches almost level with the top of the town. The
easterly winds had obviously deposited a large amount of snow over the
western edges of the mountains.

An old valley saying apparently is that if it hangs around 'it's waiting
for more' though obviously at some point the saying has to fail!!

Nevertheless, it looks as if with the colder weather returning many of
these patches will survive for a good deal longer.

Cheers

James
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James Brown