Clare made an early start from Cardiff this morning with a six o'clock bus to Bristol airport. I spent most of the day waiting for her, preparing a Sunday sermon, food shopping, preparing a welcome evening meal.
It rained most of the day. Switzerland is being assailed by storm force winds causing damage and disruption, and although some trains were late, and Clare missed one my minutes, she was only one hour later than our travel estimate. Thankfully the rain stopped an hour before Clare's train arrived in Montreux. It meant we could walk back to Church House so Clare could stretch her legs after many hours sitting on bus, plane and train.
We walked along the lakeside promenade, and were surprised to see waves breaking over the shore retaining wall, spraying small stones and vegetation all over the path. It's not as if there was a strong wind at this end of the lake causing the water turbulence, but possibly at the other end of the lake 50km away, storm force winds generated a wave effect that travelled the length of the lake against the flow of the river Rhone. It's an amazing environment with so many surprises, not least with the weather.
After supper, we watched a recorded broadcast from Covent Garden of Verdi's opera Macbeth on a French TV channel. The singing was superb. It was a lovely relaxing conclusion to the day.
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