Yes thanks, that's helpful responses from you both. Good to know where the thaw is at. :)
Vicky

I've uploaded a few pictures from my Easter expedition in the Drumochter mountains to my blog:

http://tworoutes.blogspot.co.uk/

(no idea why that didn't work as a link ... but I'm atotal cybernumpty, and that probably had something to do with it)

They give a good flavor of the current state of play in that neck of the woods.