It’s really warm today – too warm for any serious hiking. We had a stroll out to Innerwengen and got the lift up to Allmend. Nice views back to the village.

The restaurant looks inviting. It must be time to stop for ice cream.

And the ice cream was very good indeed. Val tries out our new lightweight binoculars. For something so small, they work very well.

We wander back towards Wengen through the forest, where it’s cooler. Today marks the opening of the Mendelssohn music week, so we took a short detour to visit his memorial.

For someone who only lived until he was 38, Mendelssohn certainly packed a lot into his life. As well as composing music he liked to paint and sketch, and he produced a sketch of the mountains from this very spot. There’s a reproduction of it here.