Search results for: “jungfrau region”
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The Mittellegi Hut
Probably at number one on the list of “places I’d love to visit but probably never will” is the Mittellegi Hut, perched on the ridge of the same name near the summit of the Eiger. It’s famous amongst climbers as it’s along the approach route from the Eismeer station of the Jungfrau Railway, en route for…
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Salle de Versailles
More photos from yesterday’s Giessbach Meeting in Interlaken are online at the German-language website of the local newspaper.
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Making a legible date string from two dates in PHP
The user experience nicety of a legible date string.
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Filming on Männlichen
I was asked at the end of last week by the director of a t.v. show to come along to Männlichen, above Grindelwald, and take stills from behind the camera.
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Inspired by Adams
A small set of black and white landscape photographs, shot on an overcast day in the Lauterbrunnen Valley.
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Speaking at WordCamp Bern
Through my participation of the regular and sociable “WordPress Meetup” in Bern, I was one of the volunteers who helped organize the WordCamp conference in Switzerland’s capital last weekend.
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Trümmelbach Falls
Visiting the dramatic waterfalls and cave system in the Lauterbrunnen Valley, Switzerland.
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Photo copyright/licensing transgression at ZapTravel
I’m annoyed and disappointed by the fact that a travel website from the USA has decided to augment and support its business by taking images from various online sources – including Flickr – and using them in contravention of the photos’ licensing terms. I’ve written the following email to the administrators of the website and…
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Harder to Roteflue
Hiking in the rain along an unexpectedly steep route from the viewpoint above Interlaken.
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Niesen, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland
The Niesen is a mountain, located in the Bernese Oberland region of the Swiss Alps, overlooking the lake of Thun and is often called the Swiss Pyramid. The summit of the mountain (2362 meters) can be reached easily with a funicular from Mülenen (near Reichenbach). The construction of the Niesenbahn funicular was completed in 1910.…
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Axalp in the snow
Walking in the snowy landscape of Axalp, high above Lake Brienz in the Swiss Bernese Oberland.
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The Secret Restaurant
Well, it’s not much of a secret restaurant for locals, as the car park is often busy and it’s right next to one of the local, small ski areas on the rolling hill slopes above Spiez in winter.
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Free photo show in Bern
After the success of my last talk at the English Speaking Club in Bern, at which I showed a couple of dozen of my people and street photographs, I am pleased to have been invited back for a second free evening by president Corinne Oegerli. This time, instead of people photographs, I intend to show…
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Cailler Factory, Broc
The Cailler chocolate factory in Broc, Switzerland, photographed in picturesque late afternoon light.
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Notes from a flight home
Short observational notes taken on a flight between Edinburgh and Geneva.
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The Beginning of the Engagement
I’d not planned all that much about it, though one thing was certain. Some months earlier, it had come to me in a brain-wave. I wanted to ask Jo to marry me by the light of stars and moon, on the banks of the lake in the town where we live.
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Scafell Pike from Wasdale
Oh, did I forget to mention? Jo and I walked up the biggest mountain in England in 2017.
