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It started snowing at around six last night. It wasn’t much at first, so our walk up to the Caprice to see Uptown Lights was relatively unimpeded. This morning however we awoke to more than a foot of snow. It’s time to get the shovel out.

Scenes around the village. The roads were cleared earlier, but the snow continues.

The trains in the valley have been replaced by busses while the railway workers try to sort out the chaos. Fortunately there are very few guests at this time of year, so people won’t be overly inconvenienced.

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The weather forecast is awful, and high winds have closed most of the ski lifts up at Scheidegg. Nevertheless it looks ok down here, so after lunch we set off on a walk. No snow at all below the village.

We follow the path path along the side of the valley towards the hamlet of Wengwald. As we walk the wind begins to whistle through the forest. It’s nice to see the train coming up the hill to pick us up.

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It’s a bit cloudy, but not a bad day, so we’re off to Mürren. It’s very quiet and we seem to have the mountain to ourselves. Today we have Arwyn, Laura, Ali and Ibe.

Coffee at Sonnenberg.

And beers on the Eiger terrace once we’d finished skiing.

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We’re being tourists today, with a visit to the Schilthorn on the other side of the valley. This is the location for the 1969 James Bond production ‘On Her Majesty’s Secret Service’, and the whole place is given over to the film.

We begin with the James Bond brunch, which is a very good all-you-can-eat buffet with Prosecco. Val and Ibe.

The restaurant revolves, so the views are ever changing.

There’s a museum with lots of artefacts from the film. including this helicopter.

And a bobsleigh.

Once we’d had enough of Mr Bond we descended to Birg on the cable car. More great views of our side of the valley from here.

And back up to the Schilthorn.

There’s a cliff walk here which is way too scary for me, but Ali got a good snap of Ibe trying to look casual half way round.

Another cable car took us back to Mürren, while Colin skied down. We had a beer at Winteregg before catching the train back to Wengen.

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March began with a storm, but today the weather is warm and sunny. That means it must be time for the first barbecue of the year. Sandro stokes up the fire.

A few drinks in the sunshine.

Kids enjoying the swings in the garden.

It’s not windy enough to fly a kite, but if you run fast enough it might just work.

A lovely afternoon, in the garden with the best views in the world.

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Spotted by Ali in the Dorfstrasse yesterday afternoon.

We went for a curry yesterday evening, and this was naturally followed by cocktails in the Tanne bar.

This morning the sun is out again, and it’s warmer than ever. It’s a busy weekend and Val and I both have work. Here’s my group at Scheidegg.

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A quick coffee and croissant and I was off to catch the 8.15 cable car this morning. The weather’s glorious again. Val was working and she followed a little later. A few shots at Männlichen.

We skied around to Scheidegg and stopped for coffee at the bahnhof. As we were sitting on the terrace this little yellow vehicle drove itself out of the engine sheds and parked by our table. It’s a self-driving shunter.

More action, this time on the Lauberhorn.

We stopped for a drink at lunchtime while we waited for Val to arrive after her lesson.

Popped up to Eigergletcher for a bit more skiing, then back to the village.