{"id":894,"date":"2012-03-23T14:46:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-23T14:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mike.downhillonly.com\/wordpress\/?p=894"},"modified":"2012-03-23T14:46:00","modified_gmt":"2012-03-23T14:46:00","slug":"summer-or-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=894","title":{"rendered":"Summer or winter?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The weather\u2019s getting very confusing. I\u2019m not sure whether it\u2019s summer or still winter. The calendar says winter, so we get up early and go skiing. We were almost the only ones, despite the snow being very good. Val descends the Lauberhorn.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/12032301.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"12032301\" border=\"0\" alt=\"12032301\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/12032301_thumb.jpg\" width=\"804\" height=\"536\"><\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Back in the village, preparations are well underway for this weekend\u2019s festivities. On the left you can see a big pool liner. This will be filled with water to make a huge pond. On the right is a ramp with an inflatable trampoline just beyond. I wonder what they might be used for. Tune in tomorrow to find out.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/12032302.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"12032302\" border=\"0\" alt=\"12032302\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/12032302_thumb.jpg\" width=\"804\" height=\"536\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If it were summer, we would go walking. Well it feels like summer, so here goes. Babbling brook that runs down the hill just along from our place.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/12032303.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"12032303\" border=\"0\" alt=\"12032303\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/12032303_thumb.jpg\" width=\"804\" height=\"536\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some of the animals are being released from their winter captivity onto the pastures below Wengen.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/12032304.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"12032304\" border=\"0\" alt=\"12032304\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/12032304_thumb.jpg\" width=\"804\" height=\"536\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Needless to say all the babbling brooks have names. Good opportunity to fill your water bottle.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/12032305.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"12032305\" border=\"0\" alt=\"12032305\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/12032305_thumb.jpg\" width=\"804\" height=\"536\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Snack time at a place called Staubachbankli (try saying that with a mouthful of schinken sandwich). Amazing views of the mountains and the valley from here.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/12032307.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"12032307\" border=\"0\" alt=\"12032307\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/12032307_thumb.jpg\" width=\"804\" height=\"536\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The weather\u2019s getting very confusing. I\u2019m not sure whether it\u2019s summer or still winter. The calendar says winter, so we get up early and go skiing. We were almost the only ones, despite the snow being very good. 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