{"id":8990,"date":"2020-12-21T13:51:35","date_gmt":"2020-12-21T13:51:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=8990"},"modified":"2020-12-21T14:22:46","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T14:22:46","slug":"quiet-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=8990","title":{"rendered":"Winter Solstice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We have to wear masks in the dorfstrasse (main street) now, and there are people here to enforce it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1741\" height=\"1282\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/img_0299.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8988\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/img_0299.jpg 1741w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/img_0299-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/img_0299-1024x754.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/img_0299-768x566.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/img_0299-1536x1131.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1741px) 100vw, 1741px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is the same in all the ski villages. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Up at Scheidegg this morning it was very quiet. Very few people are skiing, but Val still did her lesson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At 11.02 this morning the sun reached its highest point, though we couldn\u2019t see it through the clouds, and that marks the winter solstice. Starting tomorrow, the days begin to get longer again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2049\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/img_0308.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/img_0308.jpg 2049w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/img_0308-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/img_0308-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/img_0308-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/img_0308-1536x1151.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2049px) 100vw, 2049px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Later on we had a nice lunch at the Eiger whilst we watched the ski racing on the telly. Val swapped her ski pass for the (much cheaper) ski instructor version, which resulted in a handy refund.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have to wear masks in the dorfstrasse (main street) now, and there are people here to enforce it. This is the same in all the ski villages. Up at Scheidegg this morning it was very quiet. 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