Wet

I awoke to hear the plat of raindrops outside my window.  First day in the Alps for three years started wet, not what was forecast for the morning.  Hilary, Wildmint and I stuck to the planned morning outing, an increasingly wet climb above Leysin.  Chamois and a Hare were spotted and Hilary led us up to a place where we could get close enough for intimate photos ... briefly.  However the worsening weather forced an early descent.  Orchis pallens was a pleasing find for me, a plant I had only seen once before.

After lunch and a siesta the weather had turned brighter affording me a few hours of rambling through the local meadows.  Even the odd butterfly was seen which had seemed most unlikely in the morning chill.  Extra pics aplenty today!