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Trouble with spell check is that it doesn’t include Swiss place names.  Unless I look them all up on the map, I have to trust Ron and Allan’s typing – a dubious assumption sometimes…. Another hot sunny day. Took bus … Continue reading →

Moving day today! Change of hotel today from Lauterbrunnen to Vitnau. Train via Interlaken to Luzern and then boat to Vitznau. Dropped our cases then did round trip. Buses to Arth Goldau changing at Schwyz , train to Luzern and … Continue reading →

I’m convinced Ron is auditioning for a job as a weatherman.  Watch out for hurricanes? A sunny day becoming cloudy in the afternoon. Travelled through Emmental travelling from Thun to Burgdorf and hence to Langental for the long way round … Continue reading →

Looks like rain stopped play today – at least theoretically.  And hence rather less photographs than usual.  I was going to save Allan’s transport photos till later, but I’ve included his record of Zurich. Woke up this morning to a … Continue reading →

Back to Allan & Ron’s Switzerland visit for a few posts… Started off cool but became sunny. We set off via Spiez and the Lotschberg base tunnel to Brig where we caught the Postbus over the Simplon Pass to Domodossola … Continue reading →

Looks like they are on a roll in Switzerland (sorry)…. Day started cool but turned into another scorcher. Split up first thing. Allan took bus to Stechelberg for cable car to Murren then train along edge to Grutschalp for cable … Continue reading →

Just 7 members at last night’s meeting, with a good number on holiday.  We worked on a ‘lay your own track’ basis, and initially only joined up the inside and outside lines, as only two people had trains to run.  … Continue reading →

Today’s weather forecast….. After another heavy thunderstorm yesterday evening it has been cooler today. We wnt to Gstaad via Inteerlaken and Zweisimmer. At Gstaad we took the post bus over Col de Pillon to Les Diablerets. From there it was … Continue reading →

The tourism…. Another hot day. Travelled via Interlaken, Spiez and Brig to Oberwald where we spent just over an hour in the station buffet before catching Post Bus over the Grimsel Pass to Meoringer. From there we took train to … Continue reading →