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It’s a little less cold today, so we wrap up and set out for a walk. The snow bar outside the Brunner looks like it’ll be a lot bigger than usual.

Snow cannons working all day and all night. The colder it is, the more snow they can make.

We walk through the forest above the village and climb the red piste that leads from the meadow below Allmend down to Mary’s. Yet more snow-making in progress.

Tonight the Caprice has its grand reopening, and we’re all invited for drinks and food. The indian restaurant also opens tonight, so we’re not going to go hungry.

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Minus eleven when we had our coffee this morning, super cold! Val has 3 new ski school colleagues this winter, Jo, Anna and Ellie. Steve and Ben work at the kayak school in summer so they’ve offered to take the new girls out on the lake. It’s the coldest day of the season so far, so the first thing to do is to get wrapped up in dry suits.

Ben gives a briefing on the slipway.

Soon Ellie and Anna are on the water.

And off they all go.

We were very glad to retreat into a cosy lakeside hotel for coffee while we waited for our bus.

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Good night out in Rocks yesterday evening, we shared the last pork pie. If anyone’s coming out in the next few weeks, could you bring some more please?

It was minus 10 when we woke up this morning, but the sun is out so up to Scheidegg we go. There are a few more skiers around than there were yesterday, but it’s still pretty quiet.

The low temperatures are very good for snow-making. Mountains of the stuff at the bottom of the Honegg run.

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It snowed a lot more overnight, but the weather cleared after breakfast. Val has staff training with her ski school mates this morning, so she went up to Scheidegg early. I bumped into Bob, Rachel and Karen at the station and up we all went. There’s a lot of new snow.

By coffee time there wasn’t a cloud in the sky.

Snow cannons going full blast all over the mountain and right down to the village.

All in all a very good start to the season.

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The snow continued all night and all day today. There’s not much to do apart from domestic stuff. We popped out for a drink last night with Colin, Ali and Claire. Giggly girls on the way home.

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It rained for most of the night but turned to snow at breakfast time. No skiing available owing to high winds. We ventured out mid afternoon to get some shopping. The village is beginning to look like a ski resort at last, and kids are tobogganing.

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It snowed last night, and today was grey and cold. We popped down to Interlaken to see the turning on of the lights in the big square by the station. There was a band of drummers, some children singing, and the dignitaries arrived by horse and carriage. Quaint though this was, the darkness meant it was impossible to get any photos.

After the obligatory speeches there was a countdown and finally the lights were on. Very nice too.