{"id":13949,"date":"2025-03-18T12:36:52","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T12:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=13949"},"modified":"2025-03-18T12:36:52","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T12:36:52","slug":"spring-in-the-mountains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=13949","title":{"rendered":"Spring in the mountains"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We arrived back in Wengen after dark last night after an uneventful journey. When we left at the end of February the ski season was in full swing and the village was correspondingly busy with holidaymakers. This morning, in complete contrast, everywhere was quiet, and no longer do we have to queue to get to the checkouts at the Co-op.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spring has arrived in the garden, and some of the bulbs that we planted in December are coming up. A few pictures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0577-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1860\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0577-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13948\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0577-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0577-300x218.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0577-1024x744.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0577-768x558.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0577-1536x1116.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0577-2048x1488.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0577-413x300.jpeg 413w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0579-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1715\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0579-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13946\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0579-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0579-300x201.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0579-1024x686.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0579-768x514.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0579-1536x1029.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0579-2048x1372.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0579-448x300.jpeg 448w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0578-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1820\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0578-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13947\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0578-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0578-300x213.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0578-1024x728.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0578-768x546.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0578-1536x1092.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0578-2048x1456.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0578-422x300.jpeg 422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We arrived back in Wengen after dark last night after an uneventful journey. When we left at the end of February the ski season was in full swing and the village was correspondingly busy with holidaymakers. 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