In reply to TobyA:
Yeah kind of, though maybe a bit more furry and a bit less like pile, if that makes sense.
Most of the pics are the week before last in the NW, a brief cold snap (I had to de-ice the car for the first time this season). There was a dusting of snow again last week but temps have been up and down since then (mainly up). It's apparently cooling down towards the weekend. Worth a long drive? I wouldn't like to say