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We finished our job this morning and said goodbye to the calves. Lovely view from our office.

The Co-op had steak at half price. A few minutes on the barbecue and it was delicious.

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We had our usual Wednesday entertainment at the Caprice last night, in the middle of another thunderstorm.

When the rain finally stopped we were treated to a spectacular rainbow. There were lots of nice photos, but Rolf from the tourist office got a really good one.

Today we had more rain, but it didn’t really matter as we were working again.

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This week we have a job at a house just above the village. 2 calves live in the field in front of the chalet. They are really inquisitive.

It’s nice to see such friendly animals, but the noise from their bells gets a bit much after a while.

Uptown Lights at the Caprice later.

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We had a big thunderstorm last night, and this morning the air was much fresher. Time to try a run down in the valley. Lots of water in the Lütschine after the rain.

And in the waterfall.

Everything will grow really quickly now, so the animals who live down here will be well fed.

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Our summer passes take us up to a place called Eigergletcher. It’s the highest point we can get to without having to pay a supplement. It’s hot again, so Eigergletcher is a perfect start for our walk.

We start from the little station immediately beneath the glacier.

There’s a huge construction project going on here. The Jungfraubahn are building a high-speed lift from Grindelwald.

Views down to Fallboden, where we’ll have our picnic by the reservoir.

Foot spa.

From Fallboden we amble down to Scheidegg, and then take the path to Wengernalp (centre of picture), where the train picks us up.

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Temperatures are still high – it was 32 degrees when we left the house this morning. It would be nice to find somewhere a bit cooler. We head for Männlichen.

Folklore at the top.

It’s still hot though, so we set off along the high path to Scheidegg. We eventually found a cool spot above Gummi. The snow is still 2 metres deep here.

Unfortunately we can’t spend all afternoon chilling by the snow. We eat our sandwiches and amble back to Männlichen.

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The pretentiously named Fede Jon Laba played in Rocks last night. He turned out to be good fun. Aneta had a sing.

Today we’re all off to the church, as Sophie and Patrick are getting married.

Steve and Colin have the gig.

It’s going to be a long day. After the ceremony it’s drinks outside the church, then more drinks up at the Spycher bar at Männlichen, and dinner in the Berghaus.