Last morning of hotel luxury, so got fully 'fuelled up' with the Full Swiss Breakfast; bread, cheese, salami, egg etc. then drove up to the international scout centre. The Crowle lot were all there sorting kit, inspecting tents and checking paperwork. After our farewells we took the boys back to use the hotel facilities to sort their bags. Which were in surprisingly good state given the chaos of the weather and 5 adolescents per tent. Don't think anything very...

Awoke after a fantastically comfy nights sleep, had Swiss breakfast. As it was Swiss national day all the staff were wearing red and there was a holiday feel about the hotel. I had an unlikely sounding breakfast of cold porridge with bits of fruit in, and it was very creamy and yummy!! We decided to try a bike ride as tourist information had given us a booklet with a range of bike rides showing us a small graph of the ascent and decent involved. We chose the e...

Our last night in Lauterbrunnen was another wet one. But we've now got it all sorted, so no major flood. It had stopped by late morning so we packed up for the hours drive to Kandersteg where the boys have been for the last week. We do hope they've survived all the rain. On the way stopped for a lake side coffee by Lake Thun. It's the first time for days that we've felt warm from the sun; rather than the van heater or our physical excursions. Alison even got her...

Awoke early, drizzle (again) decided (don't faint) to go for a run (how long can you live in holiday mode?? ) Saw a new born calf sheltering tottery legged with its Mum and ?Aunt. Came back and R had kindly made holiday 'proper coffee' .....for elves! (10mls each!). But diluting the thimbleful with hot water made fab coffee. So invigorated we decided to get showered/dressed and head for a cafe for refreshment ams lunchtime had lurched upon us. We had a lovely ...

Another lot of heavy rain overnight. We know its hot and sunny back in auld blighty (grrrr!). We have managed to make things waterproof enough though. As the forecast was iffy and the legs were stiff, we had day off walking and drove the hour to Lucerne. Old town famous for its two covered bridges. Today's cover picture is the view while we had our picnic lunch. Walked through cobbled streets and gawping at the price of things in the fashionable shops. Took ...