Hadrian's Wall - Cotswold Way - Bernese Oberland

The clouds are breaking up this morning after heavy rains in the evening yesterday , so taking advantage of the clearer weather, we are heading to Abbach Falls. We will take two buses to get beyond the falls and then walk. There is more rain in the forecast today. Hoping we’ll get back to the hotel before it hits hard.  After breakfast we loaded up our packs with rain gear, snacks and water and headed right outside the hotel to catch the bus.  We are staying in the Edelweis room.  While waiting for the bus, I walked around the church.  I’ve never seen such a lovely cemetery. Each grave is a flower garden. So very beautiful! The next two photos are a spoof on all the instagram photo shoots we’ve seen over the last few days.  Sorry. I know that’s silly. This is the most touristy town we’ve visited and it’s astounding how focused people are on themselves over God’s majestic creation. All I can think of is the verse in Ecclesiastes, “Vanity of vanities, says the pre...

A few photos from yesterday I didn’t get posted.  We heard the clip-clopping of horses coming down the street so grabbed a pic.  Me waving to Jo Anne down on the street.  There has been much mowing of the grass the last couple of days. They either blow it into a long pile or use a pitchfork to scrape it into piles. Then it’s loaded onto these trucks and hauled to parts unknown.  We have two days left in the Bernese Oberland before making our way to Zurich via Lucerne. We plan to make the most of our remaining time.   One of the things we heard on the train that stuck with us was: We invite you please to not leave baggages unattended.    We’ve used “we invite you please to not” in front of several other things since then. 🤣 The sunrise this morning is about as clear as the sky will be all day. A haze has continually increased causing a strange filminess over the mountains. Today we are going to Glacier Gorge. We hope it isn’t another tourist hot spot. ...