Green ripples
I was intrigued by this effect. Although the photo looks like green sand, the ripples are actually light and shade cast by the sun on the rippling surface of the lake.
Published on 21st October 2018
Blog posts about bachalp
Firsts of August
1st August is Switzerland’s Bundestag (or federal day), so Jo and I usually take advantage of the day off work to celebrate our adopted home. Here are some photographic mementoes of the day trips we’ve made. Interlaken, 2006 Brienzer…
Published on 1st August 2017
Bachalp, Switzerland
Bachalp is an area of the mountains which ring the northern side of the Grindelwald valley. It’s a popular tourist destination, as its fairly easy to reach on foot in around 45 minutes from the cable car station at First. Hardier…
Published on 12th July 2015
First to Tierwang via Bachalp
A picturesque hike on the way to the Faulhorn, from Grindelwald First in the Bernese Oberland of Switzerland.
Published on 6th July 2015
Sulzibiel, Switzerland
The lake at Bachalp, around 45 minutes’ walk from the First mountain restaurant above Grindelwald, is well-known from tourist photographs, given that its refection on a calm day contains some of the highest and most striking peaks in the region. But…
Published on 1st July 2015
Take the tourist shot
When I first planned to hike to Bachalp above Grindelwald, I had envisaged not taking the photo above. However, the reception which the photo has received since posting it to Flickr has made me glad that I did.
Published on 6th August 2010
Timelapse – hike to Bachalp
As if the photographic splendour of the mountain hike from the Firstbahn cablecar station above Grindelwald wasn't enough, I used the rest breaks we took on our hike this last Sunday to shoot a handful of timelapse sequences.
Published on 2nd August 2010
