What a forlorn sight to see. Scotland's very last patch of snow from the previous winter about to expire, on Aonach Beag near Ben Nevis. We weren't sure if this or Sphinx was going to be last to disappear, so now it's settled. In any event it doesn't matter. Scotland is about to be completely snow-free for the third consecutive year. It used to be the case, not so long ago, that one year with now snow was unusual. Two consecutive years would have been unprecedented. Three years is, in my view, very much into the realms of a fundamental change in our weather systems. 📷Colin Hutt