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Colin was playing in Rocks last night, great as usual.

But tonight we have a special guest, Hayley and her ukulele. She was absolutely brilliant.

This morning we set off for a hamlet called Sulwald. It’s a lovely walk.

A one point a family of goats blocked the path.

We cross the river in the Saus valley.

Sulwald is very picturesque, with great views back to Wengen and the mountains.

And it has a pub. No electricity or running water, but they do have beer.

A really good day, topped off with dinner back at the campsite.

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We did a big shop today and went down to the valley after lunch. Had a nice run along the valley with Paul, it was great to have someone to chat with.

Rocks tonight – Colin’s playing.

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It’s Monday so I’m due a run. We pop over to Mürren. I’m free from the tyranny of my training app, so I just turn on the radio and go. It’s wonderful.

We met Paul and Hayley at Winteregg and set off up the hill. It’s pretty steep in places.

P & H have moved to another campsite in Lauterbrunnen. It’s really nice and we had beers and dinner with them.

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It’s the world cup final today, so after I cleaned the barbecue we headed to Rocks along with everyone else to watch the game.

Afterwards we had a nice meal at the bar. Colin has brought some pork pies from the U.K. Emily made brownies and we had one of Ali’s cakes left over from yesterday. Delicious!

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There are a series of races this weekend. The blue ribbon event is a 101 kilometre route around our mountains. Here’s Arwyn from the Hüsi at Interlaken arriving at Männlichen.

Later on we have our own walk. Here’s me and PC on the way down to Alpiglen.

Emily and Molly are getting on well.

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Yesterday was spent cooking. I made a big tartiflette for our barbecue party.

Alpenglow over the mountains. View from our garden.

Emily is upset that England were knocked out of the world cup. She made an England themed cake.

This morning was my final run in my Couch to 5k training programme. Lovely run along the valley.

This evening we went down to the lake to see Paul and Hayley. Mercedes-Benz were hosting a barbecue at the campsite, so we got free food. Yay!

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Another good run this morning. We play a game of pursuit along the valley – Val sets off with her speedy Nordic walking while I faff about sorting out the phone, headset etc. My job then is to catch her before the phone tells me that my run is over. It took me 19 minutes to overhaul her today. By the end of the run she was still less than 5 minutes behind me. Lauterbrunnen is looking good.

Later on I got a message from Paul & Hayley saying that they’d just arrived in Interlaken. They’re staying in their motorhome at Bönigen. We jump on the train and go down to see them.

After a couple of beers we set off for Wengen to watch the footie in Rocks.