{"id":14139,"date":"2025-06-18T14:12:57","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T14:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=14139"},"modified":"2025-06-18T14:12:57","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T14:12:57","slug":"alpine-botany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=14139","title":{"rendered":"Alpine botany"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It\u2019s another very warm day, so as usual when the weather\u2019s like this we make some sandwiches and head up to M\u00e4nnlichen. It\u2019s much fresher up here – just right for a walk. There’s still masses of snow in Tschuggen bowl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Down in the valley most of the wildflowers have gone, but up here they\u2019re everywhere. European Globeflowers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Those globeflowers are a protected species in some countries, but there are masses of them up here. Val crosses a stream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This vivid blue flower is a Gentian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rhododendrons. They’re just coming into flower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We emerge from the forest and are confronted with the Eiger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And to the west, the Jungfrau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At this point our walk turns east and we head down the mountain in the direction of Grindelwald. These purple flowers are Wood Cranesbill. It\u2019s a type of geranium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Eventually we reach the end of our walk at a railway halt called Alpiglen, and a train takes us up to Kleine Scheidegg. We’d heard reports of a big crack in the glacier on the Silberhorn, and sure enough it\u2019s almost the full width of the ice sheet just below the summit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It was hot when we finally got off the train back in Wengen, and we were grateful for an ice cream when we got home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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