SNOW !

Last weekend we had some more snow in Swissland.  On Saturday, it looked stunningly beautiful:

Shame, then, that on Saturdays we need to do the weekly shopping, as shops close too early in the evenings to shop properly after work, and shops are closed on Sundays.  We knew the forecast for Sunday was rain, but what can you do... Oh how I miss Britain where you can put off the shopping for the rainy day !

So having done the boring life-admin (shopping, laundry, cleaning the flat, ironing, etc...) on Saturday, we ignored the rain on Sunday and went for a hill-adventure in Andermatt.  This is what it looked like:

There seems to be a bear theme in Andermatt, they're on walls, roofs, bridges in the street and one on a GPz...Maybe he's a dispatch rider.




This snow's rubbish....its brown

 

Andermatt (1920m) is in for a shock as it is being developed by an Egyptian company. Building work has already started in the town centre and by the railway station. More info on the development can be found...HERE

The descent off the Overalppass looks fun.

Looking West towards Realp

A break in the clouds

 

No footprints of other people, just those of Yak. Yes really.

Yak?

Snow on Bench.
The metal and timber post behind the bench is an enormous crucifix, which doubles as a handy lightning conductor. Not a bench to sit on in a thunderstorm then...

I like snow :-)

  

Last time we were here there was a meter of snow and we tried something called skiing.
A novel pastime envolving a dangerous cocktail of speed, gravity, beer and the inability to stop.

Wolf tracks? Maybe. What ever it was had a huge gait on it.
Apparently there are over 200 wolves in Switzerland and now a number of bears.

Back below the tree line some good stump art (right)

Perfect timing to get off the hills as the weather closed in pretty quickly.

Fried apple, a coffee and a train ride home.