It’s time for the biggest job of the year, I need to clean the oven and hob. Horrible chore, but it looks good once it’s done. Thanks to Jeanne & Robert for bringing out the Hob-Brite.
Outside it’s a beautiful day.
It’s the beginning of the British half term holidays. Central Sport is absolutely mobbed with people renting equipment.
And here are some of those people – the Barrs have arrived. Dinner at the Silberhorn.
Yesterday was Valentine’s, so off we went to the Silberhorn for our Chateaubriand.
Yet another beautiful sunny day today. Val got off to work early. Here’s the Scheidegg nursery slope at the crack of dawn.
When we get a long spell of nice weather we obviously like to go skiing every day. As a consequence, after a while the house begins to look decidedly neglected. Worse still, we end up with no food because we haven’t been to the Co-op. I therefore spent the day hoovering and scrubbing, and I’ll do some shopping tomorrow.
We had a good evening in the Caprice last night, and this morning Val was up early again to teach the kids. It’s another beautiful sunny day.
I had a ski at Scheidegg. It’s busy.
Once Val had finished her lessons we skied down to the Brunner snow bar where Beves and Ibe are playing. We had a lovely couple of hours sitting in the sunshine. Here are Val and Michael talking rubbish over a few beers.
Once the sun disappeared over the Bietenhorn we all skied (wobbled) back to the village. A lovely afternoon.
The schools are on holiday in much of Europe, and the ski schools have lots of staff at the ready to teach the children. Unfortunately the kids haven’t arrived in quite the usual quantities, and we’ve heard more than one instructor grumbling about a lack of work. An exception is Val’s ski school, who have hit the jackpot with a group of 46 children from one of the international schools in Zurich. Val was therefore out very early for work this morning.
I went up somewhat later, had a ski at Männlichen and paused for coffee while Val finished her lesson. It’s sunny and very mild.
We skied around to Scheidegg just in case an afternoon lesson might materialise, but there’s nothing doing. No matter, it’s a beautiful afternoon and we soak up the sun before skiing back to the village for a late lunch.
It’s Wednesday, so that must mean Uptown Lights in the Caprice later.
Val is working all afternoon, but it’s a beautiful sunny day, so we go up to Scheidegg and have a ski. It’s lovely to see the sun after all the wintry weather we’ve had lately.
The skiing’s pretty good too, soft snow with lots of humps and bumps.
I had a really nice run back to the village while Val began her lesson.
After the föhn came to an end yesterday evening, the temperature began to fall and it started snowing. This morning we awoke to find a village inundated with snow. The plough has made a start on the main street.
Up at Scheidegg there’s even more.
Very difficult to walk down the path to our front door. It looks like I have some digging to do.
We’ve been very lucky with the weather this season, with lots of snow and some lovely sunny days. Today however, we have a föhn storm. The föhn is a warm wind that blows over the mountains from the south. It’s strong enough to close the ski lifts and even stop the trains running.
The effects of the föhn don’t end there. It can give you a headache and it makes people grumpy. Worse still, it melts the snow. By around midday just about everyone was back in the village. These snowboarders were some of the last to get back.
Several of Val’s colleagues reported being stranded in various places, but everyone eventually got home safely. The nursery slopes were popular this afternoon.
The good news is that these storms usually blow themselves out after a few hours. Fingers crossed.
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