It snowed again last night, but dried up while we were shopping in Interlaken, thankfully. The lunchtime special at the Co-op restaurant was fish & chips – very nice too. Started snowing again mid-afternoon and it looks set in for the night. Windy, with most lifts closed. Lazy day.
Ali and I managed a ‘whoops’ last night by wearing the same tops to Rocks. Beves and Ibe in stitches of laughter of course.
The weather forecast is awful, but we meet at the appointed hour and head up to Männlichen. It doesn’t look good, with falling snow and a stiff wind.
But we stuck with it and things improved as the morning wore on. We had quite a bit of fresh snow in the early hours of this morning, so the skiing is challenging but good fun. No stopping for coffee while the sun’s out.
Eventually we succumbed to the need for caffeine and called in at the Berghaus.
A nice morning out.
It’s fair to say that the weather’s been pretty dodgy for the past few days. Of course we did get a big snowfall yesterday, and the forecast for today was for blue skies and cold temperatures, which is exactly what we want. It started well enough – here are the kids from the school in Grindelwald having a race on Männlichen.
We had a good ski.
But soon the weather began to change, and the sky became overcast as the temperature rose. Gloomy below Tschuggen.
Suddenly the mountain was deserted – everyone hates poor visibility. We head for the lift and go home for lunch.
Uptown Lights in Rocks for après ski later.
Val and Mike ran the quiz in Rocks last night.
Winners were Fox & Badger, aka Colin and Ali. It was snowing when we left, and this morning we awoke to heavy snow and a howling gale. The Dorfstrasse, which was completely free of snow yesterday, is now skiable.
We abandoned our plan to go down to Interlaken, and stayed at home in the warm.
Colin & Steve played at the Caprice last night – Colin’s not played in here since 2004.
Stormy winds up the hill mean no skiing today, which gives Angela an opportunity to open Rocks early for this afternoon’s football. It also gives me a chance to sort out a problem. My goggles are scratched and generally worn out. Getting a new pair is quite a challenge as they need to fit perfectly beneath the helmet – this is one thing you definitely don’t buy online. I spotted this pair a few days ago and they turned out to be just right.
Quiz later.
A good night out at the Fox & Badger yesterday, with a huge takeaway curry. Colin manned the bar.
Ali has matching top and socks.
This morning Val has a new job – she’s a holiday rep for Inghams, as Ali and Clare both have to travel to Geneva today. Off to the station to meet the departing guests and make sure they get on their transfer bus down at Lauterbrunnen.
Sue and John from Innerwengen (owners of Biggles the dog) run a charity supporting orphaned children in Mozambique. Details here: https://www.missionmozambique.org/en/
In support of this, we’re having a variety show. The only venue remotely big enough is the cinema, so last night we all packed in. 
We began, naturally, with Duo Centrale.
Apologies for the quality of the photos – it’s a cinema, not a theatre, so the lighting wasn’t the best.
Next up was Danny the village magician. Here he is reading Nick’s mind.
Steve D played a few nice numbers, accompanied by Anne on the violin.
And now we have Marc Rubben. Marc is a comedian and ventriloquist.
Nash, the hippy.
And the final act that absolutely brought the house down – Marc using Angela as a puppet. It looks a bit creepy but it was absolutely hilarious.
Around 140 people attended, and what with ticket sales, a huge raffle and the not inconsiderable profits from the bar, a lot of money will have been raised. An amazing night out.
Grand finale.
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