The school holidays are over, and Scheidegg was deserted when Val arrived for work this morning.
A group of people from Telford Ski Centre are here for a week. Val skied them back to the village this afternoon.
Wengen is very quiet. I guess the fact that it’s been snowing for most of the day doesn’t help. It’s due to brighten up tomorrow.
Last night we had a lovely dinner at the Eiger, followed by cocktails in the Tanne bar.
This morning it was cold and grey, and we were grateful not to have to go anywhere. It did brighten up this afternoon, so we popped up to the village. It got a bit noisy.
We retrieved Val’s skis from Central Sport where they had been serviced. Some very cold weather is forecast for this week, so I bought the warmest pair of skiing gloves I could find.
Cold and a bit grey today, but it’s the end of the week, and Val got a nice tip from her customers this afternoon.
Will reckons he can ski back to Grindelwald faster than the train.
Wixi not too busy.
There’s unlikely to be any work tomorrow, so we’ll be off up to the village later for a night out.
We started with a beer in Rocks last night, before heading up to the curry house. Delicious food as always.
Wengen, early this morning as Val was setting off for work. Minus 13 at the top according to the TV.
Busy at Scheidegg – it’s a nice day as long as you’re wrapped up.
It’s cold enough to run the snow cannons all day. You can see the clouds of snow they produce on the meadows leading back to Wengen.
It hasn’t snowed for about 3 weeks, so this morning it was nice to wake up to a good covering in the village. The snow continued until just after lunch. Very quiet pistes at Scheidegg.
Val skied her beginner down to Brandegg. That’s a pretty good achievement considering she only started skiing on Sunday. The path through the forest is particularly picturesque.
After days of mild temperatures and sunshine it’s nice to have winter back again. Tonight we’re all off to the Indian.
We had some rain last night, and this morning the wind began to blow. By lunchtime, many skiers had returned to the village. Val had lessons all day up at Scheidegg, so had to soldier on. It was pretty deserted, with threatening skies.
This is Val’s colleague Will’s thumb. He wants to see it featured here.
By the time she’d finished her afternoon lesson, there was no one left. The wind had closed many of the lifts.
The storm should blow itself out overnight, but the temperatures are forecast to plummet. Snow tomorrow.
It’s almost time for the Lauberhorn international races. Last year’s races were cancelled, and there’s still a chance of this happening again, but construction needs to start now if the races are to have any chance of going ahead. Loudspeakers waiting to be taken up to the start.
Piste machines double-up as fork lift trucks to deliver everything.
And here are the people who’s job it is to build everything. They are from the Swiss Civil Protection Organisation.
This year the races will take place over four days. Normally around 30,000 people come to watch. I can’t imagine that number being allowed this year though.
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