{"id":13979,"date":"2025-03-24T14:02:31","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T14:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=13979"},"modified":"2025-03-24T14:02:31","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T14:02:31","slug":"the-beginning-of-the-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=13979","title":{"rendered":"The beginning of the end"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last night we had the usual Sunday singalong with Beves and Ibe at the Braunbaer.<\/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_0611-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1852\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0611-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13978\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0611-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0611-300x217.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0611-1024x741.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0611-768x556.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0611-1536x1111.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0611-2048x1482.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0611-415x300.jpeg 415w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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\u2019s a sign of things to come. Wengen is already very quiet &#8211; here\u2019s a view of the normally bustling station at midday today. Not a soul in sight.<\/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_0615-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1747\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0615-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13976\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0615-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0615-300x205.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0615-1024x699.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0615-768x524.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0615-1536x1048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0615-2048x1397.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0615-440x300.jpeg 440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The nursery slope will soon be a pasture again.<\/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_0613-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1774\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0613-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13977\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0613-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0613-300x208.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0613-1024x710.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0613-768x532.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0613-1536x1064.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0613-2048x1419.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0613-433x300.jpeg 433w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So the skiing season is definitely coming to an end. It\u2019s our anniversary today &#8211; 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night we had the usual Sunday singalong with Beves and Ibe at the Braunbaer. 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