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I’m running out of beer, so I need to pay a visit to Lidl down in the valley. To get there I catch the bus to a place called Matten. For some reason Matten has lots of water fountains, and the tourist office has created a ‘fountain trail’ so that you can see them all.

Spring is well underway down here. The cherry blossom at my bus stop is spectacular.

Val went skiing with Wil.

It was very quiet up at Scheidegg – no queues at all.

With so few people around, you can ski quite fast.

At this time of year the snow quickly becomes too soft for skiing, so we were both home in time for lunch.

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After a wet and cold day yesterday, this morning was a lot more cheerful. We had a walk around the village after lunch. There was a running race this morning called the Lauberhorn Run. The course goes from the bottom of the World Cup downhill run all the way to the top of the Lauberhorn. Fancy dress is encouraged, and these girls dressed as cable cars won first prize.

The forest has a carpet of wild flowers.

The ski run back to the village is getting a bit threadbare where it crosses the road.

Val’s colleague Ryan had to drag his client up the last bit of the slope.

Uptown Lights will have their last gig of the season later on at the Braunbaer.

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Not much to report today, we spent most of it cleaning and polishing as we have a ‘royal visit’ from our landlady tomorrow. Val had a walk into the village to meet Ali this afternoon, and the spring flowers have begun to pop up alongside the path to the station.

We’ve had a lot of nights out lately, so this evening it was nice to have a night in watching an Agatha Christie murder mystery on the BBC.

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Last night we started with a very nice apero at Anne-Marie and Paul’s place, followed by Colin and Steve again, this time at the Braunbaer. Mike and Bella enjoyed the music.

Val handles social media for the band, and she publishes a video of a song from each gig.

The weather was gloomy again today, but we did get up to the village for a coffee before lunch.

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We had a good party in Rocks last night, with Colin and Steve providing the entertainment.

Wil came over from Grindelwald, and we had our traditional fish & chips takeaway dinner.

Today has been murky and wet. We met Michael for lunch in the Crystal bar, and later we’re off to Paul and Anne-Marie’s for dinner.

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A very nice dinner at the Caprice last night to celebrate 33 years of marriage. The food in here just gets better and better. Afterwards we had cocktails in the Tanne bar.

The weather’s been a bit gloomy today, but we had plenty to do in the house. Later there’s a party in Rocks for Julie’s birthday.

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Last night we had the usual Sunday singalong with Beves and Ibe at the Braunbaer.

On Mondays we usually have more live music with Colin at the Anonym bar, but the hotel management have closed the bar for the season. It’s a sign of things to come. Wengen is already very quiet – here’s a view of the normally bustling station at midday today. Not a soul in sight.

The nursery slope will soon be a pasture again.

So the skiing season is definitely coming to an end. It’s our anniversary today – 33 years ago we caught the train down to Lauterbrunnen and tied the knot at the registry office. We have a table booked for dinner at the Caprice, which should be lovely.