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We popped down to Interlaken with Hayley and Paul to wave them off this morning and got some shopping while we were there. It’s a mild day and the village is beginning to get an ‘end of season’ feel to it. The shops of course are hoping for a bumper Easter.

Our nursery slope has been transformed into an obstacle course with a series of jumps and rails, and a slopestyle competition is under way. The objective is to negotiate the course an an aesthetically pleasing way – there are no points for speed or for height off the jumps.

There are lots of crashes, but everyone seems to be having a great time. 

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We had a good night out yesterday, a curry followed by cocktails in the Tanne bar. 

This morning dawned a bit gloomy with high cloud and very flat light which means your eyes can’t make out the contours of the snow. We pottered down to Brandegg and had apple fritters for elevenses.

The sun did put in an appearance later on, but it’s an early finish anyway as Paul and Hayley have to pack for their journey home tomorrow. 

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It’s a beautiful morning. We’re up early and off to Männlichen. 

It snowed quite a bit last night, so we enjoyed the powdery runs before skiing down to Aspen for lunch.

A bus picks us up here and takes us up the valley to the First ski area.

It was an incident-packed afternoon, with a ski lost off a chairlift (Paul) and a spectacular navigation failure (me) which meant that we had to use a rickety old T-bar lift which was a first for Hayley and Paul. 

Nevertheless we survived and eventually got back to Wengen at about 5.30.

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Snow again this morning, so we head down to the Airtime cafe for lunch and then wait for the bus to take us to Stechelberg. 

We walked along the valley back towards Lauterbrunnen. 

It’s mild down here and these calves have been allowed out for some fresh air.

We catch the train up to Allmend and walk back to Wengen on the forest path. It’s still winter up here.

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We had a good night out yesterday listening to Duo Centrale at the Sunstar. The weather forecast for today wasn’t great, and sure enough we’ve had snow, rain and a few glimpses of sunshine.

The following short film was made here 10 years ago. Entitled ‘The Red Helmet’, it features a small boy who is perhaps not as confident as his peers and isn’t bold enough to join in all their adventures. His life changes when he finds a red helmet one day whilst walking in the forest.

Music is ‘Cold Cold’ by Stephaniesid, and the small boy is Kaspar who lives downstairs, now aged 16.

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It was a busy evening at the pub quiz last night with eight teams. We managed to get first place, and here we are enjoying our round of drinks.

We were up early this morning as we wanted to go over to the First ski area at Grindelwald. Great views.

The Swiss have built a walkway around a high cliff up here.

Here’s Paul giving it a try. I don’t like heights at all so I stayed in the restaurant with my coffee.

And of course we skied pretty much the whole area, finishing off with the classic Stepfi run down to the Hotel Wetterhorn for a late lunch.

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It’s a sunny Sunday so we need to do something a bit different to escape the crowds. A trip to Mürren should do the trick. It’s a really lovely spring day.

Here’s Val, 

And Hayley, with the Eiger looking on,

And Paul.

We had a very nice lunch at the Bellevue. Great views from the terrace.

Ice creams at the station at Lauterbrunnen on the way back to Wengen.