A bad Scottish accent was de-rigeur, fortunately a kilt, not!
It was either this, or Mercurey… 🙂
 

 The one and only Matterhorn (Swiss side!)

You know, of-course, that I like my mountains, and today I took a chance for a quick visit to Zermatt – a surprisingly mere 2h10 on the train from Bern! The forecast is for snow tomorrow, so we took a chance on today – and what a result – beautiful weather. The Matterhorn is often partly obscured by cloud, but not today.

A nice break. Tomorrow, it’s back to Beaune…
 

On Monday I’m back in Beaune, in anticipation of the harvesting to come. But today, and maybe Sunday too, needed a fresh injection of mountains before the Côte d’Or…

Today, the highly ‘recommendable’ Schynige Platte:

Breakfast at 2,350 metres on the Niesen – and a great breakfast too vs most in the Swiss Alps.