Yes, it was still raining when we woke up this morning. It eventually turned to snow around midday, and now it’s stopped. Val was working up at Scheidegg, and I did a bit of shopping. Later tonight we’ll be off to the Sunstar for the first ‘Crazy Monday’ of the season.
Did I mention that it rained all day yesterday? Well it rained all day today too. Val was up early for work, and I felt guilty for about 2 seconds before turning over and going back to sleep.
Beves and Ibe were in the village tonight as they have a regular Wednesday evening gig at the Caprice this season and they needed to have a look at the venue. Lovely to see them as always.
It’s that time of year again when the guests begin to arrive in significant numbers, so it must be time for Village Opening in the Dorfstrasse. Businesses set up stalls outside their shops serving glühwein and tasty snacks.
And of course there’s lots of music.
Val really liked the skis she tested last weekend, and ever since then she’s been haggling over the price. After 5 days, negotiations finally reached a conclusion this evening. Philipp is happy with the price and Val has her new skis.
So we’re off to Interlaken for shopping. Every time we go to the Co-op we are given a small furry thing. They’re nice to collect, and if you get a gold one you’re in with a chance of winning a million Supercard points. We’re big fans of Superpoints – you can use them to pay for your shopping. We managed to get 10,000 this summer in one of the promotions, but a million would be lovely.
For the first time that I can ever remember, Wolves are on telly in Rocks tonight for their Premier League game with Liverpool. Might pop along and watch.
Up we go to Männlichen. I don’t think I’ve ever seen it so quiet. Val in Tschuggen bowl.
The new lift on the nursery slope opened for the first time today, so naturally we gave it a try. It’s really good as it doubles the size of the nursery area, whilst establishing an easy link back up to Männlichen from the top of Läger.
Ali had 5 guests for curling last night – you need 8 for a curling match, so Val, Colin and I made up the numbers. Colin’s team won, needless to say, but he was very good and managed not to shout at any of the guests. It was absolutely freezing in the ice rink, I’ve never been so glad to get back into Rocks.
This morning was grey and damp, so we abandoned any thoughts of skiing and had a wander around the village. Kids tobogganing.
The snow garden has been prepared for the tiny tots.
Later we popped round to Jana and Andy’s for coffee. Hard to believe Oskar is 2 years old in a couple of days.
The view of the village. While we were enjoying our coffee and cake it started snowing.
It turned into a real snowstorm.
Drinks with Robert and Jeanne in Rocks.
It’s a beautiful day, so we head up to Männlichen. From the top of Läger we watch the machines preparing the nursery slope alongside the new lift.
We had a nice ski round to Scheidegg, shared an apple cake for lunch before skiing Wixi and back to Scheidegg.
We’re still waiting for many of the runs to open, but the slopes that are available are pretty good considering it’s only December.
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