It’s another very warm day, so as usual when the weather’s like this we make some sandwiches and head up to Männlichen. It’s much fresher up here – just right for a walk. There’s still masses of snow in Tschuggen bowl.

Down in the valley most of the wildflowers have gone, but up here they’re everywhere. European Globeflowers.

Those globeflowers are a protected species in some countries, but there are masses of them up here. Val crosses a stream.

This vivid blue flower is a Gentian.

Rhododendrons. They’re just coming into flower.

We emerge from the forest and are confronted with the Eiger.

And to the west, the Jungfrau.

At this point our walk turns east and we head down the mountain in the direction of Grindelwald. These purple flowers are Wood Cranesbill. It’s a type of geranium.

Eventually we reach the end of our walk at a railway halt called Alpiglen, and a train takes us up to Kleine Scheidegg. We’d heard reports of a big crack in the glacier on the Silberhorn, and sure enough it’s almost the full width of the ice sheet just below the summit.

It was hot when we finally got off the train back in Wengen, and we were grateful for an ice cream when we got home.