Up early this morning as we’re off to Mürren across the valley. Another beautiful day, with temperatures in the high twenties. As usual Val set off ahead of me and my job is to try to catch up. Winteregg, with Wengen in the distance.
I did manage to catch up just before Grütschalp.
A lovely run on a stunning mountain trail. Only 2 seconds outside my personal best.
Ever since I started running I’ve been trying to find a nice 5 kilometre route around Wengen. By ‘nice’ I mean it’s vaguely circular and without too many steep bits. Today isn’t a running day, so we walked a route that I thought might be suitable. We started at the swimming pool, then down past the Berghaus and along the Dorfstrasse. Next it’s along the road to Innerwengen, then back along the lower path towards Wengwald. The animals still have some sunshine to enjoy.
The path takes us to the little railway halt where we’re just in time to get the train back up to Wengen. The bad news is that the path has too many steep, stoney sections to run without proper trail shoes, and I don’t have any of those. To make things worse it isn’t even 5 kilometres. Ah well, back down to Lauterbrunnen for my next 5k then.
The summer weather is back, it’s a scorcher. Just my luck on a day when I have to run 10 kilometres before lunch, and then we need to finish off the gardening this afternoon. My run was a bit slow but I’m happy with it given the heat.Val got a nice pic of me passing the waterfall.
High above lake Thun is a large cave system called Beatushölen. Legend has it that the cave was home to a dragon which harrased the local population. A monk called Beatus arrived from Ireland and confronted the dragon with his cross, causing it to fall into the lake below.
The bit about the dragon may be a bit doubtful, but Beatus certainly existed as his grave is at the mouth of the caves. These days the place is a tourist attraction, so yesterday we went to take a look.
We took a guided tour. The cave system extends for 7 kilometres into the mountain, but only the first kilometre is accessible for the public. A few pictures.
Last night Uptown Lights were playing in Rocks, so it was nice to catch up with Beves and Ibe. After all that excitement we had a quiet day today, with formula one on the telly and time to cook a nice dinner.
Yesterday we returned to our gardening job down at Wengwald. Hard work in the hot sun. In the evening we had an impromptu barbecue and sure enough it rained. It was still raining this morning when I went down to the valley for my run.
Not a bad run, but try as I might I couldn’t get my heart rate high enough, which meant I was a bit slow. Tired from the gardening I guess.
Barbecue time yesterday evening, Emily has made a cake.
And we needed a cake, because it’s Sheneen’s birthday.
Nightfall. It’s a stunning evening.
We had a lovely barbecue, and the smell must have travelled because we got a visit from a pair of foxes. The female was particularly bold.
This morning started slowly, but I managed a run around the village, and we had a nice walk down to Zweilütchinen after lunch.
Entertainment at the Sunstar last night with Steve, Bob and Ozzie.
It’s a glorious day, so we hop on the train up to Wengernalp. The path takes us down towards a place called Mettlenalp, where we get great views of the mountains.
From here it’s an easy walk back to Wengen. Lots of berries on the trees. Harsh winter coming?
A good walk, about 8 kilometres.
Barbecue later. Prawns defrosting nicely on the balcony.
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