It’s a beautiful day, and we’re up early. The first rays of sunshine hit the Silberhorn.

Owing to the constraints of her crutches, Val hasn’t had a proper day out since her accident, so today we’re going to put that right. We catch the bus from Lauterbrunnen, and then a series of four cable cars takes us up to Piz Gloria, a restaurant on the summit of the Schilthorn at almost 10,000 feet. We take our seats in the revolving restaurant, and tuck into brunch. Just look at the view.

Piz Gloria offers a great value day out at this time of year. It’s free to get there with our ski passes, and you get a buffet brunch, with lots of hot and cold dishes and unlimited Prosecco, for just 25 Francs. The only constraint is that you have only 2 revolutions of the restaurant before you have to give up your table. 2 revolutions takes about 90 minutes, so this is fine. Here’s Piz Gloria from outside.

Piz Gloria was the setting for the 1969 James Bond film ‘On Her Majesty’s Secret Service’. Bond is everywhere up here. You can order a James Bond burger, and we had a James Bond brunch.

After we’d eaten (and drunk) ourselves silly, we got the cable car back down to Mürren at the foot of the mountain. There are some spectacular views from here.

There’s a nice pub opposite the railway station.

We meander our way back to Wengen. Drinks at Cafe Waldschluecht with David.

And later on, an amble to Rocks, with sausage rolls from the bakery for dinner.

Emily flew to Santorini for a holiday yesterday. She sent some lovely photos.

A great day out.