Haven't made it to the mountains much this summer, and as we'll no doubt be dusting down the sledge soon thought we'd better do a little exploring on foot before it gets too late. Had a great day out in Elm (in the Glarus valley), and the children never cease to amaze me at how they can rocket up a hill if they want to, and overall they climbed 650 meters up (equivalent to half way up Ben Nevis) to reach over 2110 meters altitude and the same back down. At the top was a beautiful little lake to spend some time, with nobody around, and it became apparent why when we finally returned very wearily to see the cable cars at our starting point all hanging motionless as they'd ceased to run over an hour ago. After some desperate hunting, I found a nice guy with a school adventure group staying at a nearby guest house who I think felt so sorry for us and our trekking kids, that he offered to take us down from the cable car station to the valley bottom (which was still quite a way) in his car. It would have finished us off if we'd had to have walked that too. Not sure how I managed to cock that one up, but thankfully, it means I'm also way off track to becoming a Swiss citizen!
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| The beginning of the walk has lots of carved animals to spot. |
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| Couple of dilapidated huts on the way up. |
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| Looking like Scotland! Bea heading towards a waterfall/stream. |
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| Ili at little lake Chüebodensee (great echos!) |
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| Bea in the freeeezing cold water. |
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| On the way down. . . . |
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| Fab panorama that Frith took from the top — the lake is in the middle. |
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