No, no, not the Black Sea, the Black Lake! The Schwarzsee is about an hour’s drive south of Bern and today was my first visit there. Very pretty, still some snow up high and a crazy dragon.
We followed the Witches Walk (Häxewääg) around the lake for about 90 minutes, stopping to take lots of photos. Unfortunately most of the ones with the snow-capped mountains were taken into the sun, so they didn’t turn out so well on my phone, sorry.
But it was wonderful to be outdoors after binge-watching “The Killing” for too many hours yesterday. We only binge-watched the start of season four for a few hours tonight. 🙂 Enough to make me forget I hadn’t written the blog today!
Here’s a little tour of the Schwarzsee:
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- This strange horse carving greeted us at the start (the carpark)
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- Most of the photos are dark from shooting towards the sun. Sorry!
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- Looking back to the little village
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- A little boardwalk for jumping off in summer, perhaps?
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- Looking to the other side of the lake
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- People enjoying the intermittent sunshine. Apparently it’s packed here in summer
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- Leo sitting on the boardwalk
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- Follow that witch! The Witches Way signs guided us around the lake
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- A steep hillside with lots of yellow blooms
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- Looking down from the Thankful Grotto
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- The grotto was built by a family as a thank you for sparing some of their children from asthma complications
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- It’s like an amphitheatre
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- Leo reading the story about the family
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- The Witches Way went down, not up
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- Around the lake
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- Peaceful
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- This tree and others had so much moss growing on it. Hard to see in this poor quality pic!
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- Alpine water flows into the lake
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- Tables and chairs beside the creek
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- Water flowing down
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- This hut is open in summer as part of an exhibition for children
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- Love a green field
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- More moss taking over
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- There were a lot of these in the damp soil
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- Looking back to where we started
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- Was nice walking so close to the lake’s edge
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- We came around the corner to be greeted by a dragon!
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- Explanations about the dragon
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- A different angle
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- A playground near the dragon
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- The sun started to peek through
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- Always nice to see snow-capped mountains
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- A camp ground is on this side of the lake
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- Love the long cabin
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- The Swiss love a good signpost!
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- Across another creek
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- Birch trees cut down – Leo is allergic to them!
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- There were a few houses on this side of the lake too. Loved this gnome house
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- Leaving the ‘residential area’ and back to the water’s edge
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- This one would be quiet and lovely
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- Love the contrast of the colours
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- Some lakes are amazing blue/green but this one was more green
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- Almost at the carpark now
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- One last shot before stopping for a sparkling apple juice and driving home
- Physically Fit: 90-minute walk around the Schwarzsee
- Mentally Fit: Being outdoors; planning our next holiday; watching more of “The Killing”(!)
- Nutritionally Fit: Coconut water & fresh fruit smoothie; steak and three veg!
- Minimalism: Making a mushroom, shallot and bacon steak sauce off the top of my head, from scratch, no recipe required. Not really a great minimalism example, but something I’m proud of!
Wishing you a wonderful day.
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