The weather forecast tells us that we need to be up early to get the best out of the day, as thundery showers are due later. We met Paul and Anne-Marie and set off up to Männlichen. Glorious at the top.
The hike to Alpiglen is about 9 kilometres, and it takes around 3 hours with a few stops.
Lunch stop at a place called Mettla.
We caught the train from Alpiglen and went up to Scheidegg for a beer, where we watched the clouds gathering over the mountains. A very nice hike.
Colin & Steve played in the street yesterday afternoon. Lovely atmosphere.
Afterwards we headed back to ours for dinner. Paul and Anne-Marie are over from France for a few days.
No chance for a lie-in this morning. The helicopter was dropping off concrete nearby and he parked at the bottom of our garden while he waited for the empty containers.
Colin is renting the flat downstairs for the winter, so this morning we moved all his stuff into the cellar. He went back to the U.K. this afternoon. We headed up the hill to Wengernalp. It’s a glorious day.
The walk back to the village takes a couple of hours. The path is well maintained and there are lots of benches.
Ice cream when we got home will keep us going until dinner time.
Last night we barbecued the duck breasts that Colin brought from France. They weigh about a pound each so Emily and Ali came round to help us polish them off. Carving.
Emily prepared some lovely vegetables and we roasted some potatoes in the fat from the duck. A nice bottle of red rounded off the meal.
It’s a beautiful day today, and Colin and Steve are going to play a concert in the street this afternoon.
Colin arrived last night, so we met Emily and went out for a curry. Delicious mixed starters.
Ali joined us for a few drinks in the Crystal after her shift finished, so we had a jolly old night.
Colin smuggled a couple of huge duck breasts over the border from France, so tonight we’ll cook our own feast.
It’s grey and gloomy today, the cloud base is just above our house.
But a bad day for hiking is a good day for all those other jobs, like cleaning and laundry. Val even found time to tidy the garden. Tonight a bunch of us are off out for a curry.
It’s a nice day, but the weather’s due to turn, so we pop up to Männlichen for a stroll down the toboggan track.
The cows are gone from the high pastures, leaving only walkers and marmots. Still plenty of colour in the heathers as they compete for attention from the insects.
The cows are down at about 1700 metres where it’s not so cold at night.
The reservoir. In about 3 months time the water will be turned into artificial snow if we need it.
We’re almost at Holenstein, the mountains are beginning to disappear. We catch the gondola back up to Männlichen and descend to Wengen for a late afternoon beer.
We had a leisurely breakfast this morning, and headed back towards Wengen. Big crowds at Interlaken, everyone trying to get to the Jungfraujoch on a sunny day.
I had some fun this afternoon trying to take photos through the binoculars. It’s really difficult. This shot of Grütschalp was the best of a bad bunch.
I’ll get better at it.
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