Not much to report today – Val went up for work and her customers were late, which led in turn to a very late lunch. I serviced the dishwasher – lovely messy job, at least it’s only once a year. Meanwhile we’re waiting for a plumber as the heating has decided not to work. Fortunately it’s quite a bright day so that’s not the end of the world.
A double-dose of live music later, with Ruben playing the early shift in Rocks, and Steve Donnelly a little later at the Caprice.
The old English proverb is proving correct so far. This morning was grey and windy. Val’s office.
The snow began just before lunch, and before long everything was covered. It’s all a bit of a shock after the spring weather we’ve been enjoying.
We’ve had more than a fortnight of warm, sunny weather, but that’ll change tonight with an incoming storm. To make the most of our last sunny afternoon we plan to hike along the valley, so while Val was teaching this morning, I was making sandwiches.
The valley floor doesn’t get nearly as much sun as the mountains, so it’s still snowbound.
Paths are kept clear, but the melting snow means puddles to avoid.
No such problems on the tarmac path as we get closer to Lauterbrunnen.
Still enough snow down here for the cross country skiers to do their thing.
A nice walk of just over 5 kilometres.
It’s Wednesday, and that’s a day off for many people – let’s go skiing. The weather is warmer than ever. Val went up early for her lesson, Ali and I followed a little later, and Colin didn’t make it at all. What a day to be in the mountains.
We did a circuit around Scheidegg and headed down to Brandegg for a bite to eat. The train took us back to the top and we surfed through the slush back to Wengen. Beers at the Figeller bar.
It’s hard to believe it’s still February.
It’s just a normal Monday evening at the Sunstar, except it’s my birthday, and that’s the worst-kept secret in the village. Ali has baked a lovely chocolate cake. Blowing out the candles.
A chat with Emily via FaceTime.
The kids have put sugar pigs on the caps of my beer bottles.
Larina is always very excited to see her mum perform – I couldn’t get her to slow down sufficiently to get a good photo.
And a short video.
This morning was a slow one for me, but Val got off to work early as usual. The run home was a bit busy.
It’s that time of year again when my birthday rolls around, and it’s a significant one. Val had a couple of hours work this morning and I treated myself to a lazy day. I’ve had a good selection of cards, and of course some tasty looking chocolate and bottles, not to mention a very nice (Polo) polo shirt, and an old sixpence from my year of birth!
It’s Monday, which means Duo Centrale at the Sunstar tonight, so happily I don’t need to organise a party.
We enjoyed our day off yesterday, but this morning we’re off up the hill again – Val to work at Scheidegg, and Adrian and I to Männlichen for a ski. We tore up and down for the first hour or so while everyone else was still having breakfast, before working our way round to Scheidegg via Honegg. After coffee we did a circuit around the area. A pause on Salzegg.
We met Val at lunchtime and skied home, while Adrian popped back up to Männlichen for a last few runs.
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