It snowed a lot last night, and it was cold. Snow all the way down to the valley.
Wengen is being converted into something like Wembley stadium. Advertising everywhere and temporary bars.
It snowed heavily while we had lunch in Grindelwald, everything very gloomy.
Yesterday my mum was complaining that she couldn’t find a pastry brush in Wolverhampton. Top tip mother – try the Co-op in Grindelwald.
The forecast is quite poor for the next few days, so we popped up to Männlichen and had a ski while Jim got his photos. The snow is really nice at the moment.
It’s cold up here. All the snow cannons are running flat out.
We keep an eye on the property market here in the village – mostly just for laughs at the prices. Here’s today’s gem.
Yes, that’s about twenty seven thousand quid for a space in the multi story car park at Lauterbrunnen.
It snowed again last night, the village is looking quite wintry now. Not much to report today, popped down to Interlaken for shopping – Co-op were doing fish and chips for lunch which was very nice.
Back in the village the trains are running non-stop bringing stuff up from the valley for the race. Some bits of equipment are too big for the train however, so a helicopter drops them off just by our house so they can be trailered up to town.
My question is simple. Why can’t the helicopter just take this stuff straight to where it needs to go? It would certainly make our lives a bit quieter!
It snowed quite a bit last night, and continued to do so all day. This is nice for the skiing but it makes things a bit dull and gloomy at this time of the year.
Trains needed snowploughs to get up the hill.
We had coffee at Scheidegg, then popped down to Brandegg for lunch. The ski run that comes down here hasn’t been opened yet this season, so they were pleased to see us. Val and Jim outside the restaurant.
In the village preparations for the race are well underway. The ice rink is being covered in plastic tiles.
Very cold today, but the snow has stopped so it’s a good day to visit Murren across the valley. Val and Jim.
We take the cable car up to the Schilthorn. At 2970 metres (almost 10,000 feet) the air is thin and it’s absolutely freezing.
Val at the top of the fearsome Schilthorn run. This is the first time for many years that we’ve been up here and not skied down.
Nice views down to the Sonnenberg restaurant where we usually stop for coffee on a skiing day.
Lots more snow forecast for tomorrow.
It was a lovely morning when we walked up to the Co-op today, mild and bright. Here’s Val outside Chalet Viola behind our house.
We did our shopping and went for lunch at the Waldscluescht, and it started getting colder. About 1 it started snowing heavily.
We met Val’s dad off the train and went for a few beers in Rocks bar. Lots of snow by the time we left.
Outside Viola again on the way home.
Entertaining evening last night night with the obligatory bells touring the village.
The celebrations continued today with music on the Eigerhubel.
Lots of people about, but we’ll be happy to see most of them going home tomorrow.
Wengen taxi.
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