The weather’s not great, with snow showers and fog. We had a long coffee break at the restaurant Eigernordwand at Scheidegg. Team photo outside.
After coffee we all disappeared in different directions (In my case, to the Co-op). Jan and Val had a few runs, followed by drinks in the Hütte.
Here’s hoping for an improvement in the weather.
As usual on a Sunday, we went to the Alpine Hotel yesterday evening. Ollie and Stella behind the bar knew it was my birthday.
This morning we headed up to Männlichen for a ski. The weather’s a bit gloomy, but the crowds have gone and for maybe half an hour the sun put in an appearance. We had a really good run down the hill.
We had a coffee break and headed home for lunch. Lots of chamois under the cable car on the way down.
Another year has gone by, and I have another nice row of cards above the fireplace.
The Barrs and Venns arrived last night, we popped up to Männlichen to join them for lunch.
It was sunny up at the top, but a biting wind kept us cool while we were outside. Busy too with the weekend crowds.
Uptown Lights later on at the Alpine Hotel.
Cold air isn’t only useful for chilling beer. It can also turn water into snow. For the first time in weeks, the snow cannons were running this morning.
We had a nice walk down in the valley after lunch. We came back up on the new ‘Wengen Shuttle’. These new trains are very nice, and they mean that we now have a service from Lauterbrunnen every 15 minutes during peak times.
The ski racing this weekend is taking place in America. The time difference means that we can stay at home and watch it this evening.
Last night we started with a beer in Rocks, followed by a lovely dinner at the Eiger. We followed this up with cocktails back at Rocks. On our way home we could tell that the weather was beginning to change, and sure enough, not long after we got home, the wind was howling. This morning there was fresh snow above the village and it was much, much colder. Nice clear air gave us very good views along the valley (remember, you can click or tap the pics to make them bigger).
We spent most of the day in Interlaken having lunch and shopping, but we were glad to get home out of the cold wind. The chilly weather has, however, fixed my beer problem. By 9 o’clock this evening the north wind had chilled my Heidelberg beer to perfection.
Tomorrow is Saturday, and many of the holidaymakers should be leaving. It’ll be nice to have our mountain back.
Val has an appointment in Bern this afternoon. She can just about get there on time if she leaves directly after her lesson up at Scheidegg. I took her up a change of clothes and a sandwich for lunch. Kids having fun on the way back to Wengen.
Michael brought a couple of flagons of my favourite Heidelberg beer when he visited recently. The bottles are big and very heavy, and they won’t fit into the fridge unless I turf out most of our food. Usually, at this time of year, the solution is simply to leave the bottles on the balcony and let the cold mountain air chill the beer. Unfortunately, at the moment, the weather simply isn’t cold enough during the day to allow me to enjoy a nicely chilled beer in the evening. It does get cold enough overnight, but that would mean drinking beer for breakfast, which is probably the start of a very slippery slope. This is all a bit frustrating, as I’d really love to drink this splendid beer. It does need to be cold though, so I’ll just have to wait.
Colin will be playing at the Alpine Hotel later.
It was noticeably colder last night, and sure enough there was a sprinkling of snow in the village this morning.
Up at Scheidegg the fresh snow was deeper, and Val had a good ski down to Brandegg with the little boy she’s teaching. Towards lunchtime the sun began to break up the clouds. Great views up the valley towards the Breithorn.
I spotted the postman dropping an envelope into our box this morning. This is normally bad news – it’s usually a bill of some sort. Today it was good news for a change, a nice letter from the Canton informing me that my Swiss pension is about to start. It’s not much by Swiss standards, but it will buy a lot of beer. Hurrah!
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