In reply to UKC/UKH Articles:
Fascinating (but sad). Have there been years when every known long-lived snow patch in Scotland has melted away completely?
Has anyone noted where snow lies longest in other mountainous areas of the UK. I can distinctly recall seeing a snow band around the summit plateau of Cross Fell (almost 3,000 feet high) in the North Pennines close to midsummer. That was back in the mid-eighties and may not have been a relic of the previous winter.