{"id":9809,"date":"2021-07-29T14:16:29","date_gmt":"2021-07-29T14:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=9809"},"modified":"2021-07-29T14:16:31","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T14:16:31","slug":"how-to-build-a-by-pass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=9809","title":{"rendered":"How to build a by-pass"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It\u2019s warm, and we\u2019re off down to the valley for a walk. We wander along the river and eventually we reach the hamlet of Gsteigwiler. It\u2019s an attractive place with no tourist pretensions at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1665\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_1188-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9805\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_1188-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_1188-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_1188-1024x666.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_1188-768x500.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_1188-1536x999.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_1188-2048x1332.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_1188-461x300.jpg 461w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Someone here likes chickens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1679\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_1186-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9806\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_1186-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_1186-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_1186-1024x672.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_1186-768x504.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_1186-1536x1008.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_1186-2048x1343.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_1186-457x300.jpg 457w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We continue towards Wilderswil. Wilderswil has always had a problem with traffic on the way to the tourist hotspots further up the valley. They wanted to build a by-pass, but the valley is narrow and all the space is already occupied by the river, the railway and the existing road. A decision was taken to build a tunnel under the village. It\u2019s an enormous undertaking. The tunnel goes under the school, houses, the railway, and the river had to be diverted to make space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1698\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_1191-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9807\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_1191-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_1191-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_1191-1024x679.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_1191-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_1191-1536x1019.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_1191-2048x1358.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_1191-452x300.jpg 452w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Tunnelling work aside, Wilderswil is an attractive little place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1718\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_1192-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9808\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_1192-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_1192-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_1192-1024x687.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_1192-768x515.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_1192-1536x1031.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_1192-2048x1374.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_1192-447x300.jpg 447w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A nice afternoon out, and we bought ice cream on the way home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s warm, and we\u2019re off down to the valley for a walk. We wander along the river and eventually we reach the hamlet of Gsteigwiler. It\u2019s an attractive place with no tourist pretensions at all. Someone here likes chickens. 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