Camping Rutti in Stechelberg was closing for the winter so after chatting to the owner (he too had had a back operation so much in common and he was missing his mountaineering snow patrolling and paragliding ) we packed up and checked in at the Campsite Breithorn in Sandbach just down the road and still in The Lautenbrunnen Valley. No blue skies today so a very good move going up the mountain yesterday! Walked into Lautenbrunnen to the Horner Pub again to use the wifi and today a lovely Spanish girl called Inma was serving. It was great to talk to her about Spain ( and our love for it) and all the places we had visited. After quite a few beers and lunch we then went to the 2 hairdressers in the village but no luck as both were fully booked all week! We then saw a couple of Base Jumpers walking down the road (u can tell by the shape of their packs) so we asked "not jumping today?" (Very low clouds) and they were from The Gold Coast in Australia! Steve and Liam, really nice guys as all of them have been that we've met. People think they are all reckless idiots but much training planning and research goes into what they do. Vast experience in paragliding and skydiving. They are new to the sport (5months) and have already completed over 150 jumps! We asked if their parents worried? We agreed with them when they said that they could be doing drugs to get their adrenaline fix and are not harming anyone and are very fit and healthy. David and I want to be Base Jump Groupies!!!! Ha Ha!!!! Walked a bit further on and came to a farmer with his cows - we followed him into his barn and met all his family (shame the battery had died on my phone so no pics).
Walked back then along the river to Priscilla and got chatting (again!) to a Dutch couple in a caravan on our site (have been coming here for 38 years! ) they have recommended a good walk from here which we may do on Thursday. Tomorrow think we will get the train to Wengen then walk back. Did a load of washing in the smallest washing machine ever (2kg!) cooked dinner then watched another episode of Orange is the new Black.
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