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Tons of new snow today, up we go along with everyone else. It’s chopped up and tough, but we had a good day.

Beers afterwards in Rocks. Not much conversation – everyone’s exhausted!

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Met Val in Rocks after her rather expensive visit to the hairdresser.

Afterwards we had a lovely meal of steak and scallops at the Bären. We trudged home through 10 inches of snow. This morning was dull and it looked like more snow would be arriving soon, and just before it did, Adrian got off the train and we headed for Rocks.

Popped into the DHO for the annual prize giving ceremony. Here I am picking up the gold award for services to to the club from our President Michael. This was a huge surprise for me, but apparently not for anyone else as they all knew beforehand.

Crazy snowfall.

The kids had been hard at work.

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Popped into the DHO last night as the President wanted a chat. Turns out he wanted me to give a talk on the new club website that’s currently being developed. So here I am giving a talk about the latest website tech to an audience of around 100 people. I had about 10 seconds to prepare.

My principal (indeed only) success criterion at times like this is ‘do I get laughs?’. And I did, thank heavens.

Today it started snowing before we woke up, and it’s still snowing now. Val has to venture out as she has a hairdressing appointment.

I’m staying put,  but the big column of empty bottles in the corner isn’t going to take itself to the recycling,  so pretty soon I’m going to have to brave the weather. Don’t like the look of it one bit, but maybe I’ll pop into Rocks for a couple on the way home.

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Cloudy and very mild this morning. Nevertheless we thought we’d go up the hill to take a look. You can tell when it’s a poor day for skiing – you can’t get a seat at the Edelweiss bar at Männlichen. Sure enough it was really busy,  but we squeezed in and had coffee. Outside the wind began to pick up, which usually means that the weather is going to change.

After coffee and a bit of banter with the others around the bar we set off for Scheidegg. So did everyone else.

The skiing wasn’t up to much so we returned to the village. We ran into Heidelberg Mike who hadn’t even bothered going up. His plan for the day involved little more than drinking beer on the Eiger terrace, and I think he’d made the right decision. Around 2pm the clouds started rolling in, and at last the temperature has begun to fall.

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Yesterday’s rain has gone,  and we have a warm sunny day. You’d never guess it was February the first.

We wander around the village in the sunshine. We’re constantly on the lookout for an apartment for next season. To find the latest adverts you need to survey the notice boards that are dotted about. This one looks promising.

Roughly translated the advert reads: “To rent. 2 room furnished home from the owner, kitchen and bathroom newly renovated. Available from 1st of May, in Chalet Sonnenrain.”
We ask where the chalet is to be found and go and have a look. It’s towards the top of the village and you can ski directly back to it. We’ll arrange to see the interior in the next few days.

Nice new shop in the village called Truffle Piglet.

And snowdrops are beginning to put in an appearance.

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We went to the cinema last night to see Star Wars. It’s the second time it’s been shown here,  but we went a bit early as I thought we might struggle to get a seat for the film . I couldn’t have been more wrong.

Eventually a few more people arrived,  there were probably about 20 of us, and we knew just about everyone.
Anyhow the film was very good, and afterwards we popped in at the Pickel Bar for a late beer.
We walked home in the rain that had started while we were watching the movie, and this morning it was still falling. It’s still raining now as darkness begins to fall. If someone could invent a new sport that requires heavy rain for enjoyment it would prove very popular in the Bernese Oberland at the moment.

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Hayley & Paul went home this morning, we travelled down to Interlaken with them and then got some shopping. Thanks for being great company as ever chaps, and for our lovely dinner last night.

Looks like rain tonight. Everyone’s hoping it will be cold enough for snow, but sadly I don’t think so.