Both Bryon and I had wanted to go back to the Bernese alps at some time. The books talk about a great descent down the Loeschental valley.
As the day was very cloudy and the forecast was poor we set off for the valley to have a look around.
We drove up to Blatten and then on to Fafleralp - the road was open, which it would not be any other time we would visit in the future.
From here we took a little walk up the bottom to see how far we could get .. there was little snow, but the ground was very wet.
After making our way up the bottom bit we got to the pastures above (very flat areas where on our descents would involve a lot of poling.
From here it was time to retreat back to Blatten, to find somewhere to stay. We wanted to see what was available if we needed a place to stay after descending the valley. In the end we would never use it, but we did find a small pension near the beginning of the village. They looked after us well .
The next day the weather was still poor and the forecast worse, so we took the option to head for the channel and home.