Dorflibrucke S-06-62

Dorflibrucke S-06-62

Cows by Dieboldswil Bridge

Aeschau Bridge S-06-15

Hi Folks
Sunday, May 2 was a free day. Carl and Jan led separate groups on trips into the mountains around Interlaken. Liz and I decided to go on a covered bridge hike. I acquired the directions for this hike from the moderator of this website, Joe Nelson, and Liz and I both thank him. We explained to Carl what we wanted to do. He got out two very big books--timetables for the Swiss rail and postbus systems respectively. Our hike was from Eggiwil to Emmenatt. Carl laid out our personal timetable from Interlaken:
7:42 bus to Interlaken Ost Bahnhof
7:56 train to Bern
9:12 train to Signau on the S-bahn
9:48 bus to Eggiwil (It turned out that there was no 9:48 on Sunday--waited until 10:18) Swiss guarantee one train per hour and 1 bus per hour. All these bridges are in Bern canton. The bus driver studied my Swiss rail/bus pass a long time. I'm not sure, but I don't think that he sees too many of them.

All the bridges were over the Emme river, except Dorfli, SZ 06-62, over the RothenBrook, in Eggiwil. There are two photos of Dorfli, One in shade, and one in sun (taken from opposite sides of the bridge).

Next came the Dieboldswil bridge, SZ 06-17, also two photos and a bonus photo of cows next to this bridge with traditional Swiss cowbells. The Aeschau bridge, SZ 06-15 is next. All bridges had a sign, with diagrams showing construction details. The signs were in German. All of the bridges also had a number. We missed the Brunnmatt Bridge--you had to leave the roadway on what the hiking directions called an "adventure trail." We saw 1 footpath, called a "Wander Weg", but did not see a covered bridge and passed it by. Of the 8 bridges on the hike, we found 5. The final two are Bubenbrucke, SZ 06-14 and Hornbenbrucke, SZ 06-16. By this time, we were hot, tired, and sunburned (85 degrees this day), and elected to get on the postbus at Schupbach, back to Signau. The guy with the orange backpack in the Bubenbrucke picture is me.

So much for our hike in the Emme river valley (Emmenthal= valley of Emme) where they make the famous cheese. Cows were everywhere. Sometimes the smell was pretty strong.
Tom

Bubenbrucke S-06-14	Hornbenbrucke S-06-16

Dieboldswil Bridge S-06-17	Dieboldswil Bridge S-06-17