I didn’t bother to post earlier and fell back to sleep!
we started with fine dry snow which covered everything but this then turned to larger flakes and things began to melt. This continued on and off with very little additional coverage.
Just took the dog out and it’s all changed. Heavy settling snow and a blizzard blowing from the east which is the worse for my field as no shelter. Me and dog retreated back inside- her leading the way. Cars all covered again cobbles struggling but trees all white. Temp now below freezing and dew point below that and while looking at weather station it dropped again !