This week we have a job at a house just above the village. 2 calves live in the field in front of the chalet. They are really inquisitive.
It’s nice to see such friendly animals, but the noise from their bells gets a bit much after a while.
Uptown Lights at the Caprice later.
We had a big thunderstorm last night, and this morning the air was much fresher. Time to try a run down in the valley. Lots of water in the Lütschine after the rain.
And in the waterfall.
Everything will grow really quickly now, so the animals who live down here will be well fed.
Our summer passes take us up to a place called Eigergletcher. It’s the highest point we can get to without having to pay a supplement. It’s hot again, so Eigergletcher is a perfect start for our walk.
We start from the little station immediately beneath the glacier.
There’s a huge construction project going on here. The Jungfraubahn are building a high-speed lift from Grindelwald.
Views down to Fallboden, where we’ll have our picnic by the reservoir.
Foot spa.
From Fallboden we amble down to Scheidegg, and then take the path to Wengernalp (centre of picture), where the train picks us up.
Temperatures are still high – it was 32 degrees when we left the house this morning. It would be nice to find somewhere a bit cooler. We head for Männlichen.
Folklore at the top.
It’s still hot though, so we set off along the high path to Scheidegg. We eventually found a cool spot above Gummi. The snow is still 2 metres deep here.
Unfortunately we can’t spend all afternoon chilling by the snow. We eat our sandwiches and amble back to Männlichen.
The pretentiously named Fede Jon Laba played in Rocks last night. He turned out to be good fun. Aneta had a sing.
Today we’re all off to the church, as Sophie and Patrick are getting married.
Steve and Colin have the gig.
It’s going to be a long day. After the ceremony it’s drinks outside the church, then more drinks up at the Spycher bar at Männlichen, and dinner in the Berghaus.
It’s very warm again, which is a shame, as we have the Wengen ‘evening run’ today, and the runners will suffer in the heat. We make some sandwiches and set off to walk the course. This is only the 5th Abendlauf, but already the event has grown to the extent that there will be 2 races this year – the next one is in August.
The course is about 8 kilometres. It’s basically a big lap of the paths around the village, and believe me it’s hard going, with lots of steep climbs. Here’s our GPS trace.
We stopped and ate our lunch at about half way. The course is marked by flags, with sawdust arrows at junctions.
Including our picnic lunch and some water stops, we ambled round the route in 2 hours. The winner this evening will probably do it in about 30 minutes.
Lovely evening at the Caprice last night. It’s still really hot, so Beves and Ibe played out on the terrace.
The sun is still on the peaks, long after the village has descended into darkness.
Today we need to finish our gardening. Clipping the 4 metre high clematis was tough, but we got it all done.
By the time we got back to the village the temperature had hit 35C. The only building in Wengen with air conditioning is the Co-op, so we had a wander around inside before choosing our ice cream.
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