The last dry day

The weather forecast for the next few days is awful – we’re expecting rain this evening and this will turn to snow tomorrow. It’s a good idea therefore to get a run in today, so we headed down to Lauterbrunnen. It’s cloudy, but we did get a few rays of sun. Val got a lovely shot of the Staubach waterfall.

Lots of cows down here for the winter. When the snow arrives they’ll be taken into barns.

My run was a bit scrappy, but not too bad.

I stopped at the campsite to get weighed. Another 3 kilograms have gone.

A quiet day

Last night was the start of the annual Oktoberfest down at the Hüsi at Interlaken, so we jumped on the train with Ali. Uptown Lights are playing. We met Nik and Ben from Grindelwald and settled down to a feast of spare ribs before the music began.

Ibe photobombing our picture.

The party went on long into the night, and we missed all the trains and busses back to Lauterbrunnen (the same thing happened last year), so we ended up in a taxi which cost us more than we paid for dinner. Top night out.

Needless to say today was a quiet one.

Sefinental

Really good run this morning with a new personal best of 31.24 for the 5 kilometres between Mürren and Grütschalp.

We stopped for sandwiches, then set off to walk the Sefinental which leads back to the valley. The views are incredible.

Further down there are still some cows waiting to be walked down to their winter homes.

We walk on through the forest, eventually emerging high above Stechelberg.

At the bottom a bus is waiting to take us back to Lauterbrunnen.

Bachalpsee

High above Grindelwald is a lake called Bachalpsee. To get there we get the gondola up as far as it goes, and then start walking. The views are worth the hike.

To get back we walk downhill along a deserted valley. There’s nothing here at all now all the livestock has been moved down to the valley.

Eventually we arrive at a hamlet called Waldspitz where a bus takes us back to Grindelwald. Waterfalls just before the bus stop.

Run and walk

After our mountain barbecue yesterday we all ended up in Rocks for a party. Here’s Rich blowing out his candles.

Beves and Ibe providing the music.

This morning I had my usual Wednesday run around the village. Val got this distant shot of me running down the main street.

Emily is travelling back to the UK today, so we waved her off at the station. Have a good trip back Em, see you again soon.

After lunch we caught the train down to Zweilütchinen and walked back up to Lauterbrunnen. It’s a glorious day, if a bit cold in the shade.

Storm

Storm ‘Fabienne’ arrived last night. We got high winds, heavy rain and the temperature has dropped by about 10 degrees. This morning we wrapped up warmly and went down to the valley so I could run and Val could have a walk. The cold weather is good for running – I clipped 3 minutes off my previous best time for 10 kilometres.