There was only one event on the agenda today. Our dear friend Ali, who has featured many times on these pages, passed away recently after a long illness. We had a memorial service at St Bernard’s church, and I’ve hardly ever seen the place so full.
As is our habit in Wengen, the congregation strolled back to Rocks afterwards for a few drinks and to reminisce. If you visit Ali’s profile on Facebook you can view a livestream of the service. Rest In Peace Ali.
We arrived back in Wengen yesterday afternoon. Not much has changed since we left a year ago, and that’s a good thing.
As it was Sunday, Beves and Ibe were playing at the Braunbaer.
We had a good crowd in the audience. Wil and Malwina came over from Grindelwald.
On the way home we encountered a badger. These creatures are very common in the village, and it wasn’t bothered by us in the slightest.
This morning the sun was shining and a hot day was in prospect. Beanie has a new job at the Gemeinde (local council) in Lauterbrunnen, so we popped down to meet her for lunch. Waterfall looking good, as usual.
After lunch we caught the train back to Wengen and bought ice cream. We found a shady bench to enjoy it. The heat is stifling and there’ll be a storm tonight, but we’ll have to venture out as we’re looking forward to dinner at the Eiger.
I have been neglecting this blog of late, largely because we’ve been a bit busy. Time for a catch-up. On Friday we caught the train over to Wellington. Thanks to our newly acquired Senior Railcards this cost us the princely sum of £1.10 each for the journey. We had a great night out with our buddies Elaine and Paul.
Not long after we moved to Shrewsbury we began to order new stuff for the flat. A few things arrived quite quickly, but the bigger stuff usually takes a few weeks (or months) to manufacture. This week some curtains arrived for our lounge and kitchen.
The heating system in our flat is desperately in need of modernisation. New radiators arrived yesterday, and tomorrow our electrician will begin to install them.
As well as sorting out the heating the electrician will refresh the lighting in the lounge and bedrooms, and improve the somewhat random distribution of power points. Once that’s finished we can look at getting some decorating done.
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