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Uptown Lights put on their usual great show at the Braunbaer last night.

Val was up early for work this morning. In the village a banner hangs over the street.

The Downhill Only Club is 100 years old this week. We’ve been members for a mere 34 years (more than half our lives!), and during that time we’ve done lots of good stuff like racing on the Lauberhorn with the club. Val has her name on several of these trophies for racing.

I’ve done a few things for the club over the years, and when I retired from work they very generously gave me honorary membership for life. Our racing days are over, but there’s still no escape from the DHO!

Our buddy Michael gave Val a super jigsaw puzzle for Christmas which she finished this afternoon. It’s a scene of Heidelberg where Michael lives. Heidelberg is our favourite German city, and the completed puzzle looks splendid.

More live music tonight, with Colin and Nev at the Anonym bar.

There was a good crowd, all locals and no tourists at all as the school holidays haven’t started yet. The kids will soon be here though, and it feels like the calm before the storm.

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We’ve had 2 days of stubborn fog, and there’s been nothing to do but attend to household chores and stock up with shopping. This morning however the fog had gone, which was nice as Val starts work up at Scheidegg today.

The fog has meant that a lot of visitors have missed out on skiing, so this morning a large queue formed for the Männlichen cable car.

Each cable car can shift 70 people, and as the trip up the mountain only takes 5 minutes, the skiers won’t have to wait long. Tonight we’ll be off to the Braunbaer for some music with Beves and Ibe.