HGrout

So where is England's most southerly patch? There was still drifts present in ditches till around Wednesday last week, here in North West Essex.

Went up to the cafe at Hartside on the way to Alston on friday & there we're still about 5 patches on the northern side of cross fell. Then on Sunday i climbed Helvellyn on sunday and there are still about 10 patches on their, some about 25 metres long & up to about 1.5 m deep maybe abit more. You could also see a snow patch on Raise another on Fairfield & a few in the distance on the Sca fells! Most walkers we're in t-shirts and shorts some just in shorts! There we're even people taking a full dip in Red tarn. Maybe these patches will get topped up in the next few days as summit temps are forecast just above frezing in the next few days!