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It’s time to start week 8 of my running programme, but it’s really hot so my usual route down in the valley would be very uncomfortable. We head over to Mürren where it’ll be a bit cooler up at 5300 feet. The path from the village to Winteregg looks good, but it’s not quite far enough so I do my warm-up walk in the opposite direction to add some distance. It still wasn’t far enough, so I ended up running past Winteregg and on towards Grütschalp. We’d planned to have lunch at Winteregg, but hey ho.

It was a good run and I even devised a strategy for getting the walking tours to move aside – clapping loudly seems to get their attention. Fortunately the hot spell is forecast to come to an end over the next 24 hours which will mean I can return to running in the valley.

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It’s searingly hot in Wengen, so we head for the highest point that our passes will take us which is the station at Eigergletcher. Even up here it’s warm. The Eiger glacier.

Looking down towards Fallboden and Scheidegg.

And back towards Wengernalp.

We walk down to Scheidegg and get the train back to Wengen.

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Not much to report today except that it was really hot – 34 degrees in Interlaken while we were shopping. We got some nice raw prawns on 50% off and had a paella. Off to Rocks tonight for Duo Centrale and of course more football.

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Today my run begins at the Schilthorn cable car station at Stechelberg. There’s a huge waterfall here.

I run along the valley back towards Lauterbrunnen where we have a nice lunch.

This is the last run of week 7 of my running programme. I’m not the only one running today, as here in Wengen we have the Abendlauf, or ‘Evening run’. This is a 7.7km run around the paths that encircle the village.

The kids have their own race, it’s 1.25km around the nursery slope.

Some of the mums run with the tiny tots. Here’s Beanie with Larina.

And now it’s time for the main event.

Beanie coming home.

Larina and Aliena on the podium – first and second in their age group.

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We’re up early this morning as some guys are coming round to sand our balcony. This is a noisy, dusty job and we’d rather not be here until it’s finished. So we make our sandwiches and a yellow bus takes us to a village called Habkern which is up in the hills behind Interlaken.

From here we can climb up a track high above the lake.

Eventually we arrive at the outskirts of Waldegg. It’s very picturesque.

A short stroll brings us to the bus stop opposite the village pub.

Later on, back in Wengen, our balcony is looking like new.

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It’s hot today, but I had a lovely run along the valley. Lots of glacier water in the Lütschine.

I arrived at Schilthornbahn a sweaty mess, but the run felt like a good achievement. Lots going on here as usual.

The Swiss are playing football tonight so we should have a good night out.

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Popped into Rocks last night after watching Duo Centrale play at the Sunstar. Henri never disappoints – he was sporting a fox stole (It was an actual fox) and clogs. He’s Dutch, so we can forgive him the clogs.

This afternoon we headed down to Interlaken. It’s a beautiful day. We had ice creams outside the grand cafe on the Hohematt.

There’s an outdoor fan zone for watching the football at Unterseen. Might come down to try it one evening.

We bought some burgers for the barbecue at the Co-op and made our way back to Wengen.