Day 3 - Ueschinenhutte

Today was a complex one for the organisers! The over 14s (with Helen) had an early start, meeting their Pinkie at 8.30am and hiking up to Ueschinenhutte for lunch. This is a pretty tough hike, as they follow a steep path up through the woods initially before it flattens a little above the tree line. The total ascent is around 600m. After lunch, they did the Climbing Workshop, which involves bouldering then climbing on both Morning Rock and the bigger Milk Rock. They then headed back up to Ueschinenhutte. Both the younger groups had a free morning, so we walked them down into town where they could spend a few Swiss Francs; Rivella is particularly popular (a milk-based fizzy drink). After lunch, the 12 & 13 year olds (plus Mike & Alison) followed the same route up as the Over 14s had earlier in the day, arriving at Ueschinenhutte late in the afternoon. Meanwhile the 10 & 11 year olds (with Dave, Anj and Roger W) got the Allmenalp cable car and laughed at Dave's fear of grounds (it's grounds, not heights) but still walked up the last part, again arriving late afternoon. The clouds descended on us in the evening; we had our meal and chatted around a fire until bed time (10pm).