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After dinner last night, it occurred to us that we could go out for a drink if we wanted. It’s been 8 weeks since we sat in a bar, so this seemed a bit strange. We did a lap of the village to see what was open. The Waldschluecht looked like it had been open, but it closed at 7.30 as usual. The Eiger was doing OK – people were in there eating. Eventually we settled on the Crystal bar, and to begin with we were the only customers.

Ali arrived after a while, followed by two of the kitchen staff from the Eiger, and that was it. It was nice to sit in the pub – we must do it more often.

This morning it was grey and only just above freezing. I need it to warm up a bit so I can go for my run. Eventually I got fed up waiting for the temperature to rise, so I wrapped up and went anyway. You can’t tell from the photo, but I’m freezing.

While I was running, Val did her German class via a video call with her mates back in the UK. We’re expecting Julie and James for dinner later, pub again maybe?

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We had a splendid lasagne round at Ali’s last night, followed by a fiendishly difficult card game called Phase 10. This morning the weather’s a bit grey, and it’s cooler than we’ve been used to. It’s a big day for the village, and for the whole country. Kids have gone back to school, and all the shops can open.

We popped in and bought the coffee mugs we’ve been eying up in the shop window for the past few weeks. Better than this though, bars and restaurants can open.

We’ll be back here later for a few beers.

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We had a huge thunderstorm yesterday evening, with heavy rain and hail, but this morning it’s warm and sunny again. Here in Switzerland it’s mother’s day, we saw lots of kids with flowers on the way down to Lauterbrunnen earlier.

The hill just before the campsite seems to get steeper every time I climb it.

New mini garden centre by the Horner pub. Very popular as it saves going to Interlaken for plants for your window boxes.

Ali’s for dinner tonight.

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It’s time for a day out, so we’re off to Grindelwald. With the limited train timetable at the moment it takes ages to get there, but it’s a lovely day, so who cares? It’s a pretty village once you get away from the commercial centre.

Just as Wengen is dominated by the Jungfrau, Grindelwald lives in the shadow of the Eiger.

Grindelwald is known as the glacier village. It has 2 glaciers that used to come almost to the village. Nowadays they’ve receded back up the mountains. This is the lower glacier.

This one used to come so close to the village that people dug holes in it to store their milk. A nice day out.

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We’re off to see how the tadpoles are doing at Stechelberg. They haven’t changed much since last week, but the wild flowers in the nature reserve are beautiful.

It’s a lovely day – perhaps a little too warm for my run back to Lauterbrunnen. Note – Team GB top for VE day.

Seen along the path.

A good run, but I was glad to get to the Horner pub at the end of the path.

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Emily cooked last night, a delicious meal of chicken breasts wrapped in bacon and stuffed with mozzarella, garlic potato wedges and roast asparagus.

Yum!

We awoke this morning to a glorious day, so we had an early lunch and headed down to Wilderswil. From here we can walk across the fields towards Bönigen.

The lake is stunning as always, but utterly deserted.

From Bönigen it’s an easy walk back to Interlaken for the train home.

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It’s cloudy and chilly, but it’s Wednesday, so I don my hi-viz gear and we head down to Lauterbrunnen. Here we go.

Animals aplenty down here now.

The Horner, along with every other pub in Switzerland, has been closed since March. Now the weather’s warming up a bit the enterprising folk who run the place have started selling takeaway beer, snacks and ice creams. Very tempting at the end of my run.

I somehow managed to resist. Emily is cooking tonight, so there’ll be no shortage of beer later.