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ArishMell · 70-79, M
The Seasons here in Southern England becoming less marked, with generally milder Winters, but I do not know if significantly or not. It may just be a minor weather-pattern oscillation.
I was on a series of some 10 or 12 holidays in central Norway, spread over perhaps 20 years and all in Summer. The route we used North-East from Bergen climbs from practically sea-level next to a fjord, to a pass at about 1400m altitude. The road across the col used to be fringed with deep snow-banks cut by ploughing (it was closed for much of the Winter); but over the years these disappeared. Also the small road-side lakes lost their ice-floes, and the snow patches on the adjoining mountains retreated to noticeably higher levels.
I was on a series of some 10 or 12 holidays in central Norway, spread over perhaps 20 years and all in Summer. The route we used North-East from Bergen climbs from practically sea-level next to a fjord, to a pass at about 1400m altitude. The road across the col used to be fringed with deep snow-banks cut by ploughing (it was closed for much of the Winter); but over the years these disappeared. Also the small road-side lakes lost their ice-floes, and the snow patches on the adjoining mountains retreated to noticeably higher levels.