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Spring is still with us, glorious day to be in the mountains. There are quite a few kids about this week, Mr Gove’s fines are obviously not putting too many parents off.

Val set off after the kids – there’s very little chance of catching them as they just zoom about like lasers.

Val on a popular piste called Wixi.

It’s a really hot day, and after lunch most of the skiers have had enough and returned to the village. The reward, for those who stick at it, is completely empty runs. Here’s Val with a huge piste called Mannlichen all to herself.

Swiss roll for dinner!

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Beach tennis is getting quite popular. So here, for the first time ever, we have beach tennis on snow. Big tournament, CHF300 to the winner.

Up in the mountains it’s a glorious spring day.

Lovely walk from Grutchalp to Winteregg, where we have lunch. After lunch we have a wander back to Lauterbrunnen for ice cream.

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Rosti, crispy bacon and fried egg.

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…. for skiing of course!

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Very busy up at Scheidegg!

Everyone is out skiing today. It’s a strange thing with new snow – everyone looks forward to it, but it can actually make skiing quite tricky. You can see how this run has turned very bumpy at the top.

Here’s Val at the bottom of all those bumps.

View from our balcony this afternoon.

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and snow, and snow, and more snow. It started last night and snowed continuously for 26 hours. Big tree outside our house.

Very snowy village.

No skiing today.

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All lifts closed today because of the high winds. There’s a nice walk from Wengen down to Lauterbrunnen. It’s quite steep and it takes about an hour. The views are spectacular.

The path crosses the railway line on its way down.

Mince pies in Rocks bar later. Dinner in the Silberhorn tonight.