In reply to Hadfield6:
Hi all
Thanks very much for this info, very useful and much appreciated.
Ended up over at Coniston, there looked to be a lot of white on the hills from Walna Scar Road so put tools and crampons in the bag and headed over to Dow. On arrival there was a thin covering in the gullies but nothing more. It was actually rather warm and we ended up climbing in boots and bare hands.
I will be back again on Saturday and will probably head further away from the coast to try and find more wintery conditions. Although it sounds like anything that was there has now melted....
Lets hope for better conditions over the next few months.