All the chairlifts are running today, so for the first time this season we can go up to Mannlichen and ski round to Scheidegg. It’s a bit gloomy but not too bad.
Temperatures are higher than yesterday, but everyone is still well wrapped up.
The snow has moved on, but the polar air that brought it here hasn’t. Minus 13 when we woke up this morning. But the sun is shining so we went up the hill after lunch. A few pics.
Went to the cinema tonight to see ‘Allied’ with Brad Pitt. Everyone but me seemed to enjoy it.
The snow continued all night and most of today. It then falls to the council to clear the roads. This patch of ground in front of our house gets the treatment.
For the kids the snow is a Godsend. It’s pretty good for us too, as we can now ski to our back door.
Went down to Interlaken for shopping at lunchtime, Val very pleased with her new cushions. It started snowing at about 3, and by the time we got back to the village the snowstorm rolled in. A very chilly trudge to the pub tonight.
After the snow last night the weather has completely changed. Winter is here. Rachel came up after lunch with a microwave oven that she’d got from a neighbour – happy days, now Val can have porridge for breakfast.
The Lauberhorn races are officially on despite the lack of snow, so the army guys are hard at work building the world cup village on the ice rink.
We get a half hour before sunset when it’s dark enough to see the moon and planets, but not the stars. Here are the moon and Venus.
Last night ‘our’ snow cannon, the one which is outside our bedroom window, was going full blast. This morning it provided some fun.
And tonight the snow came at last.
Good night out last night, here are Val and Erin in Rocks. Big firework display and a concert on the ice rink.
Had a trip across the valley to Grutchalp today, and walked to Winteregg for lunch. Looking back across towards Wengen you can see the ribbons of artificial snow that will be used for the World Cup races in a couple of weeks time.
The weather is still very nice, though things look set to change tomorrow evening.
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