{"id":9453,"date":"2021-03-18T13:12:35","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T13:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=9453"},"modified":"2021-03-18T13:25:47","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T13:25:47","slug":"time-to-gamble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=9453","title":{"rendered":"Time to take a chance on the weather"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We were convinced we&#8217;d seen the last of the snow last night &#8211; all the forecasts said it would come to an end yesterday afternoon. However, when we&#8217;d finished watching our next episode of &#8216;For All Mankind&#8217; (highly recommended) I looked out of the window and it was snowing hard again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1763\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img_0641-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img_0641-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img_0641-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img_0641-1024x705.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img_0641-768x529.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img_0641-1536x1058.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img_0641-2048x1411.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img_0641-435x300.jpg 435w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This morning it was still snowing lightly, but once again the forecasts were optimistic, so we headed for the cable car. The birds have very little to eat when the snow is deep on the ground, so they hang around the cable car station hoping for a few crumbs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1700\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img_0644-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img_0644-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img_0644-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img_0644-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img_0644-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img_0644-1536x1020.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img_0644-2048x1360.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img_0644-452x300.jpg 452w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The cable car whisked us up to M\u00e4nnlichen &#8211; it rises 1000 metres in just 5 minutes. At the top we couldn\u2019t see a thing through the fog, and it was snowing hard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1822\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img_0645-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img_0645-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img_0645-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img_0645-1024x729.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img_0645-768x546.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img_0645-1536x1093.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img_0645-2048x1457.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img_0645-422x300.jpg 422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Normally in this situation we&#8217;d skate across to the restaurant and have a coffee while we hope for an improvement. Today however, with the restaurant closed, low temperatures and driving snow we had little option but to return to the village. At least we tried.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We were convinced we&#8217;d seen the last of the snow last night &#8211; all the forecasts said it would come to an end yesterday afternoon. 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