August 2009

We decided to do something new for Swiss National day. We went to the Rheinfall, along with about 1 million other tourists. The falls themselves are very impressive, the volume of water is incredible, and the noise it makes gushing its way down is deafening. We did the boot tour out to the middle and climbed up the time cliff in the middle of the Falls. After that we needed a break from the crowds so walked up the Rhein, after about 15minutes of walking suddenly we were all alone it was incredible tranquil. Even the River although flowing fast was much calmer. The 8th of August was the SHG BBQ, we were up on the Kaltacker, luckily the Farmhouse has very wide eaves, as the weather again was not the best. On the 15th we did our favourite motorbike tour, along the north side of the Thunersee, then up through Sigriswil, Justiztal over Hapkern down to Meringen before returning over the Brünigpass and Panoramastrasse through Sörenberg then home again. As usual breathtaking scenery. There was a traffic jam on the Brünigpasse so we went for a short side trip up the Axalp as well. The following day was a much more relaxing day, we went from Murten to Biel by boat. This trip involves three different lakes which are connected by canals. It takes over 5 hours one way. We stopped at a Microbrewery in Biel, and bumped into Duncan's work colleague Ivan with Wife and son. On top of all this we also managed to completely spring clean the loft, we put loads of stuff out on the driveway for people to take, It was amazing what went and what stayed. There sure is a lot more room up in the loft now.