It only rained a bit today, so I should be ok to barbecue some burgers for dinner this evening. Up in the village there’s a new phenomenon.
It’s a giant marble run, and they’re popping up everywhere. Here’s another outside the Victoria Lauberhorn.
And the most elaborate of all, on the Eigerhubel. William Heath Robinson would have been proud of it.
It’s another wet day here, but it looks like we might have some better weather on the way. It’ll be nice to get our views back, as today all we can see are clouds.
We had a good night out in Rocks yesterday. Julie and Emily had a dance.
It’s the first time this year that we’ve actually been able to sit at the bar and enjoy a drink.
Today it’s overcast and wet again, which didn’t really matter to us as we needed shopping from Interlaken. In Wengen, holes are appearing everywhere as we are apparently being upgraded to the latest fibre optic broadband. This one is close to our house. According to our current supplier, this should all be finished by November, when we should be able to get a better service. Things move slowly here in the mountains though, so we aren’t holding our breath.
We had all sorts of plans for this morning – running, a hike, the usual mountain stuff. Things looked good until mid-morning and then the heavens opened. There’s been a lot of rain in Switzerland in the last few days, and river and lake levels are reportedly very high.
Here in our valley, the waterfalls are quite spectacular.
We did manage a walk around the village after lunch in between the showers. Later on we’re planning a trip to the pub if the weather isn’t too bad.
We travelled back to Switzerland yesterday, and had an uneventful trip apart from the reams of paperwork that you need to have in order to fly anywhere at the moment. We didn’t have to cook when we got here, as Angela was having a barbecue. The drinks were on ice when we arrived.
It was a lovely evening, despite a brief thunderstorm.
We were woken by thunder this morning, but that’s ok because we spent most of the day getting the house back in order after our absence. Batteries need replacing, and clocks need resetting as the power was off during the rebuilding of our terrace. Shopping later.
We’ve had a few days down south this week. We stayed in a pub in a village called Churston Ferrers. A few snaps.
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