{"id":13966,"date":"2025-03-21T13:29:10","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T13:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=13966"},"modified":"2025-03-21T13:29:10","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T13:29:10","slug":"sahara-sand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=13966","title":{"rendered":"Sahara sand"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s another bright day and very warm, but the wind is blowing from a long way south, bringing with it sand and dust from the Sahara desert. We went down to Interlaken to get food and to refresh Val&#8217;s rapidly dwindling stock of Prosecco. In the village work on the church continues apace.<\/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_0590-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1712\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0590-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13965\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0590-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0590-300x201.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0590-1024x685.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0590-768x514.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0590-1536x1027.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0590-2048x1370.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0590-449x300.jpeg 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The huge metal cross that crowns the spire has been taken away by helicopter for refurbishment.<\/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_0189.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1526\" height=\"955\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0189.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13964\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0189.jpeg 1526w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0189-300x188.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0189-1024x641.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0189-768x481.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0189-479x300.jpeg 479w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1526px) 100vw, 1526px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s another bright day and very warm, but the wind is blowing from a long way south, bringing with it sand and dust from the Sahara desert. 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