Taking another chance to escape the heat down here on the plateau we took a trip up to Zinal to see progress on the the chalet. In fact the architect keeps up informed so major stages aren’t really a surprise.

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They run a pretty good offer at Château d’Oex, for 30 chf you get a return trip on the lifts and lunch at the top restaurant. Lunch is apparently whatever the plat du jour is but when we arrived we were offered anything on the menu. So after a Croûte we set off for a walk round the station.

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We’ve some visitors this weekend who dropped by after a week hiking in the Alpes and watching some Tour de France stages, so we took them to Moléson for a walk. We took a route taking in the summit of Moléson and the ridges to Teysachaux.

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