We had a public holiday on May 5 and the sun was out, so Leo and I took a short wander in Wohlen before joining The Usual Suspects at Liliane and Rene’s apartment for an early dinner.

Magnificent day, one of the few sunny days we’ve had in May (why so much rain?! My garden! Ugh!) and it was nice to put the walking shoes on again. Our wanderwegs have been missed!

We went down to the Wohlensee (Lake of Wohlen, which is actually just a wide part of the Aare River), across the Wohleibrücke (Bridge of Wohlei) to the very small village of Wohlei, and then home again via the scenic route.

I didn’t take my phone and ended up hogging Leo’s lovely SLR, hence these pics are much crisper than my normal efforts. The sunshine helped too.

This is called a featherbush in German

Follow the yellow Wanderweg signs

Wohlen bei Bern church

Loving all the apple blossoms

Leo and looking back up the hill to the church

Looking down the hill to the lake and the glorious yellow of the rape seed field

Nice to see the Alps

Road turns to gravel

Happy cows

Church

Nice swing in someone’s garden

The road across the Wohleibrücke. One lane!

People enjoying the facilities and sunshine

The Aare river

Love the old canoes!

… and the colour of the water

Wohlen behind me, taken on the bridge

These canoeists had their dog in the middle

Cutting grass in Wohlei

Hard at work on a holiday

Smelled amazing!

Lovely sunny spot for a hammock

Wohlei has about 10 houses I think, all traditional

No cars allowed through, unless you live there or are delivering something

Nice entrance

Hammock house

A very old Stöckli, no longer lived in

Old, old, old

Nice spot on the lake

Someone loves this garden

Very neat

Oh to have a vege patch this big! Full-time job almost

Plenty of good manure to help everything grow

The other end of Wohlei, the village marker fountain has a new job these days

Lots of horses live here

You can see the church of Wohlen on the hill

Poddy calves

Beautiful entrance

Heading back out of Wohlei, going back the way we came

Lots of work was being done in that field

Rape seed stripe

Girl and boy playing in the cut gras, while dad takes a nap

Back on “our” side of the bridge, lovely waterfront stroll

This picture just screams summer to me

This is an apple farm too

Bee hotel

Apple trees – shame they’re under the electrical towers

Big effort on rollerblades up this little hill

The lovely house and magnolia tree

Clear as a bell

I wonder which way to the lake

Alps again

Back into Wohlen proper

Splash of pink

Simple and elegant

Sunset from the balcony at Liliane and Rene’s

Those electrical towers know how to get in the way of a good shot

Wishing you a wonderful day.