{"id":9757,"date":"2021-07-18T16:29:51","date_gmt":"2021-07-18T16:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=9757"},"modified":"2021-07-18T16:29:54","modified_gmt":"2021-07-18T16:29:54","slug":"the-best-laid-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=9757","title":{"rendered":"The best laid plans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Our plan for today was simple enough. An early lunch and down to the valley for a run, then back home to see the Formula One, dinner, then Rocks to see the end of the golf. Everything started well, and it was a beautiful afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1878\" height=\"1298\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_0671.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_0671.jpg 1878w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_0671-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_0671-1024x708.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_0671-768x531.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_0671-1536x1062.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_0671-434x300.jpg 434w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1878px) 100vw, 1878px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Val hiked along the river where it was a little cooler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1746\" height=\"1190\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_0670.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_0670.jpg 1746w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_0670-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_0670-1024x698.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_0670-768x523.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_0670-1536x1047.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_0670-440x300.jpg 440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1746px) 100vw, 1746px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We got back to the station to catch the train back up to the village, and, no train. We learned from the staff that there had been a landslide over the line, and that there would be no more trains to Wengen today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We got home by getting the train to Grindelwald, and then the gondola up to M\u00e4nnlichen and the cable car down to the village. What should have been a 12 minute train ride took well over an hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Later on, a photo of the damage was circulating in the village.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/81b50cb6-2ac7-47a4-b1ce-1875a7126737.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/81b50cb6-2ac7-47a4-b1ce-1875a7126737.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/81b50cb6-2ac7-47a4-b1ce-1875a7126737-292x300.jpg 292w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Fortunately there was no train passing when the landslide hit the track, and we were home in time to see Lewis Hamilton win the British Grand Prix.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our plan for today was simple enough. An early lunch and down to the valley for a run, then back home to see the Formula One, dinner, then Rocks to see the end of the golf. 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