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It’s very warm today, so we grab a bit of breakfast and head down to the valley. As I run along the path I become aware of gunfire in the distance. It’s not just a few shots like we hear during the hunting season either; it sounds like a war zone. A poster on the path provides an explanation.

It’s the 200th anniversary of the local shooting club. Shooting is very popular in Switzerland, owing to the history of hunting here. Kids can start doing it from age 10.

The targets are 300 metres away.

A nice run in the sunshine, despite the noise.

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We had a good night out yesterday, starting at Rocks, then on to the Caprice for pizza, and finally the Falken to listen to their guest pianist Salvatore.

Today the weather’s cool with rain showers. We’ve done well for exercise this week, so we’ve earned a lazy day. Despite the rain, the village is still looking good.

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It’s Friday, and that means it’s time for this week’s long run. It’s cool, dull and the forecast is rain. At least the temperature means I can run in the valley. Livestock everywhere now.

The Staubach waterfall marks the end of today’s effort, and we managed to get it all done before the rain came.

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Scorcher today, and I’m due a run. We head over to Winteregg and I run to Mürren, while Val walks not far behind. From here we can begin a walk back to Stechelberg at the top of our valley. Mürren humour.

It’s quite a hike down to the valley floor – about 6 miles, in a valley called Sefinental. As we descend, others are on their way up to the high pastures.

Eventually we reach Stechelberg, where the bus will pick us up for the trip back to Lauterbrunnen.

Uptown Lights are playing at the Caprice later.

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It’s another lovely day, and we’re off to lake Brienz. We catch the old paddle steamer ‘Lötschberg’ from Interlaken Ost, and it drops us off at a place called Giessbach.

From the lake shore there is a funicular up the mountain. We decide to walk – we’ll spend the fare on ice creams at the top. Eventually we reach the Grand Hotel Giessbach.

The hotel, however, is not our objective today. We’ve come to see the famous waterfalls.

We walk up the hill alongside the falls.

At one point we were behind the water.

We got thoroughly soaked, but the falls are truly impressive. They tumble 500 metres down the mountain before crashing into the lake.

We enjoyed our ice creams, and ambled back down to the lake where the steamer ‘Jungfrau’ picked us up for the trip back to Interlaken.

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It’s hot and sunny, so we head over to Mürren where it should be a bit fresher up at 5300 feet. The path to Grütschalp hasn’t long opened after winter, so it’s in a bit of a state after all the snow. Repairs are scheduled next week.

There’s still snow in the gullies up here.

Despite the heat, the tourists and the potholes I flew along the path and it’s my fastest 5k of the year by quite some margin. I’ve no idea why it’s so much easier to run here than in the UK, maybe it’s the scenery.

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We had a big thunderstorm yesterday evening, and it was cold. This morning it was still a bit chilly, so we caught the train down to Zweilütchinen and had an amble back up to Lauterbrunnen.

Val has yoga tonight, and then it’ll be Uptown Lights at the Sunstar.