{"id":13386,"date":"2024-08-03T12:53:39","date_gmt":"2024-08-03T12:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=13386"},"modified":"2024-08-03T12:53:40","modified_gmt":"2024-08-03T12:53:40","slug":"air-ambulance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=13386","title":{"rendered":"Air ambulance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unlike Wengen, Grindelwald is accessible by road. Despite this there&#8217;s still no ambulance service, so if you are unfortunate enough to be taken ill a helicopter will come and whisk you off to hospital. The helipad is a few metres from our kitchen window, and yesterday evening the peace was shattered by the machine&#8217;s arrival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5014-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5014-1024x684.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5014-1024x684.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5014-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5014-768x513.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5014-1536x1026.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5014-2048x1368.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5014-449x300.jpeg 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My hiking shoes were giving me trouble yesterday, so this morning we ventured into the village to find some new ones. Grindelwald is a big village with many sports shops, so I had no trouble finding what I wanted. Afterwards we caught the bus up to Hotel Wetterhorn where we had lunch yesterday. The path from here undulates its way back towards the village.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5016-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"707\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5016-1024x707.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5016-1024x707.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5016-300x207.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5016-768x530.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5016-1536x1060.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5016-2048x1413.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5016-435x300.jpeg 435w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s a warm day, so a stop at a bench is always welcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5019-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"729\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5019-1024x729.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5019-1024x729.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5019-300x214.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5019-768x547.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5019-1536x1094.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5019-2048x1458.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5019-421x300.jpeg 421w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tonight we&#8217;re off to Interlaken to meet Dave and Lesley who are staying in Wengen at the moment. It should be a good dinner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unlike Wengen, Grindelwald is accessible by road. Despite this there&#8217;s still no ambulance service, so if you are unfortunate enough to be taken ill a helicopter will come and whisk you off to hospital. 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