Re: England and Wales snowpatches 2019.
I finally got round to going up Cross Fell today and it was in the nick of time!
I went to Cross Fell Well first and found a tiny patch of snow that only had a couple of hours left at most. If I'd gone this afternoon as I had originally intended it would have been gone. The first 2 pictures show the patch at about 11.30am and my dog, after posing nicely for scale, ate some it hastening its demise. Dogs have no respect for such ephemeral things!
I then walked along the Northern scarp looking in all the hollows and places I know hold snow and found no more. After visiting the top and wandering around a bit I went back to Cross Fell Well to see if any was left and there was a bit left. I was tempted to stay and watch it melt but thought better of it.
I'm pretty confident that this is/was the last snow in the Pennines and I can't remember a year when all snow was gone before May.
Attachments:
1. Cross Fell Well final remnant 29.4.19.JPG (292kB)
2. Cross Fell Well final remnant & Jay 29.4.19.JPG (416kB)
3. Cross Fell Well an hour later 29.4.19.JPG (405kB)