It has not snowed here for a week but I was surprised yesterday at the amount of snow still lying in heaps at the edge of the road and various sheltered places on top of the Mendips. And later, but not late in the day – it was about 17:30 – I was on the high bit beyond the Somerset Levels around Wedmore and was overtaken by a gritter. Doing some spreading. It was getting chilly and yes that is high land at least in comparison to its surroundings (doubt it's actually over 100m asl) but even so, gritting seems excessive.