Good night out in Rocks yesterday evening, we shared the last pork pie. If anyone’s coming out in the next few weeks, could you bring some more please?
It was minus 10 when we woke up this morning, but the sun is out so up to Scheidegg we go. There are a few more skiers around than there were yesterday, but it’s still pretty quiet.
The low temperatures are very good for snow-making. Mountains of the stuff at the bottom of the Honegg run.
It snowed a lot more overnight, but the weather cleared after breakfast. Val has staff training with her ski school mates this morning, so she went up to Scheidegg early. I bumped into Bob, Rachel and Karen at the station and up we all went. There’s a lot of new snow.
By coffee time there wasn’t a cloud in the sky.
Snow cannons going full blast all over the mountain and right down to the village.
All in all a very good start to the season.
The snow continued all night and all day today. There’s not much to do apart from domestic stuff. We popped out for a drink last night with Colin, Ali and Claire. Giggly girls on the way home.
It rained for most of the night but turned to snow at breakfast time. No skiing available owing to high winds. We ventured out mid afternoon to get some shopping. The village is beginning to look like a ski resort at last, and kids are tobogganing.
It snowed last night, and today was grey and cold. We popped down to Interlaken to see the turning on of the lights in the big square by the station. There was a band of drummers, some children singing, and the dignitaries arrived by horse and carriage. Quaint though this was, the darkness meant it was impossible to get any photos.
After the obligatory speeches there was a countdown and finally the lights were on. Very nice too.
We arrived back here yesterday afternoon, sorted out our stuff and headed for Rocks. We had a splendid supper with the pork pies that we brought from Shifnal, as well as boiled ham (Colin), cheese and onion on sticks (Rachel & Bob) and Ali made muffins. Akim provided the music. Outside in the street are dozens of Christmas trees.
This morning we stocked up on a few essentials from the Co-op and headed down to the valley for a walk. It’s chilly and dark down here but after sitting on the train all day yesterday we’re glad of the exercise.
There was a big rockfall just outside Lauterbrunnen last month. Lots of debris.
Back in Wengen the weather is changing, and it looks like we’ll have snow tonight.
We have a visitor – Emily has arrived!
I tried to give her an appropriate welcome.
We had a nice meal with Robert and Jeanne, followed by a few more beers.
After even more beers we were curious to see whether Emily or Val were tallest, for some reason. The result was a tie.
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