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It’ll be super busy today. The sun is trying to break through some high cloud and it’s very mild. Stampede for the train.

None of this will bother us however, as we’re off to see another apartment. This one is in Chalet Adler, which is one of the little cluster of houses at the top of the nursery slope.

It’s a bit dated, but still nice.

The best thing about this one though is the view back to the village.

A nice apartment, but it’s quite a hike up there and it didn’t have the ‘wow’ factor that we felt when we walked into Cosy Corner the other day.

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Lively evening out at Rocks last night. Blurry selfie.

The busiest 4 weeks of the season are about to begin. All over Europe schools are breaking up for half-term holidays, and that means thousands of kids will soon be arriving. Preparing the nursery slope.

The village is looking good, and the forecast for the weekend is for more fine and sunny weather.

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The weather’s much better today, and it’s busy at Männlichen.

We ski around to Scheidegg and have coffee and cake. The skiing’s pretty good once you shake-off the crowds.

Will you take our picture please? It’s that sort of day.

Spotted Michael, asleep in his favourite deck chair outside the tipi.

Music in Rocks later.

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It snowed all day yesterday and all night. Not that we cared, as we were off to Interlaken for dinner with Val’s ski school colleagues.

Lovely Lebanese food prepared before our very eyes.

This morning the snow stopped at breakfast time. We popped up to Männlichen and had a ski – lots of bumpy new snow, and it felt properly cold.

Back in the village the big clear-up has begun. It isn’t sufficient just to plough the streets and paths; the snow has to be removed on a truck and dumped in the forest.

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A nice evening out at the Sunstar last night. Colin and Steve were joined by Chris on the cricket bat guitar.

To everyone’s relief, overnight a cold front arrived over the village. Temperatures have dropped to below zero, and it’s snowing. It’s still really windy, so Männlichen is still closed, and the few lifts that opened up at Scheidegg this morning were soon shut down. We stayed at home.

Interlaken later for dinner at a Lebanese restaurant.

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A good night in Rocks yesterday with the return of our quiz. The new Inghams reps don’t seem keen on doing it this season, so Mike C has taken it on. We were third.

Today the dreadful weather continues. It’s plus 10 degrees and really windy. The cable car to Männlichen isn’t running and there are just a couple of lifts open at Scheidegg. The kids still need to be entertained, so they ski on what’s left of our nursery slope.

Thankfully the forecast says it’ll turn much colder with snow tomorrow. Fingers crossed.

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The mild weather continues, and now it’s accompanied by an absolutely biblical rain storm. The football pitch resembles a lake.

We’ve had four good years here at Le Manoir, but now it’s time to move on. Our hunt for a new home starts today, with a viewing at an apartment called Cosy Corner. It’s very swish.

The views must be wonderful on a nice day.

We have a couple more to see next week, and more will become available as the season wears on.