Thunersee and Brienzersee – Pure Switzerland
The region I’ve been calling home for sixteen years.
Published on 2nd March 2017
Blog posts about brienzersee
Iseltwald am Brienzersee
A spring-like day and an afternoon stroll around a little village on the shore of Lake Brienz.
Published on 20th February 2017
Lombachalp–Augstmatthorn–Suggiture
A testing and rewarding hike from the peat moorland of Lombachalp to two summits on the vertiginous Brienzergrat ridge.
Published on 16th June 2016
Brienz, Switzerland
Going through my photo archives, I sometimes come across images from long ago which I’d forgotten about. This view of the lake next to the office where I used to work dates back to December 2006.
Published on 7th November 2015
Schongütsch, Switzerland
Instead of heading up from the top train station along the tourist track to the summit of the Brienzer Rothorn, turn left instead and follow the clear footpath to Schongütsch. The views are just as spectacular, but the experience is…
Published on 18th September 2015
Ringgenberg, Switzerland
Kayaking on the ridiculously turquoise waters of Lake Brienz in Switzerland.
Published on 21st July 2015
Schärihubel, Switzerland
This meadow is on the hiking route between Sulwald, above the Lauterbrunnen Valley, and the heights of Bällehöchst and Höji-Sulegg. It’s a steep hike to get here, and even more so to get to the nearby peaks, but the view…
Published on 11th July 2015
Bawald, Switzerland
The hike from Aeschiried to Brunni, high above Lake Thun, affords spectacular, panoramic views down to the lake, to Interlaken, and as far as Brienz.
Published on 17th May 2015
Lake Brienz, Switzerland
Clouds cast shadows on the turquoise waters of Lake Brienz, near Iseltwald in Switzerland.
Published on 17th May 2015
Chüematta
A higher-resolution version of the panoramic view from my previous post about our hike from Isenfluh, photographed from high above the southern end of the Lütschine and Lauterbrunnen valleys as they open into the Bödeli plain near Interlaken…
Published on 25th September 2014
Through the mists of time
The older I get, the more I come to recognize the way in which my photographs aid my memory. This is borne out by the way in which I can scroll back through my Lightroom catalogue of digital photos –…
Published on 17th March 2013
Remembering the floods from 2005
I drove through Brienz this weekend for the first time in a couple of years, and roadworks near the office where I used to work reminded me of the terrible events of August 2005.
Published on 19th February 2012
Avalanches on demand
A clip from BBC series Human Planet, showing avalanche control of the mountains near Grindelwald in Switzerland.
Published on 21st February 2011
That chill in the air
The autumn fairs may be some time away yet, but the first day of September here in the Swiss Alps has arrived with the kind of chilled air which tells me that there is snow on the mountains.
Published on 1st September 2010
Giessbach Falls, Brienz
A long exposure photograph of the Giessbach waterfall near Brienz in full torrent.
Published on 17th May 2010
Spring on the way
Mist rising from the lake during the early morning in Brienz, Switzerland. Photograph taken in 2005.
Published on 1st March 2010
Winter Sunset
A tremendously colourful winter sunset in Brienz, where I used to work, looking from the small tourist village along the lake to Interlaken.
Published on 3rd August 2009
At Long Last
Published on 11th January 2008
Lunchtime jaunt
There was a work car parked outside which no-one was using over lunchtime, so I decided to pinch it and drive up a random mountain road. I drove higher and higher as the road got narrower and narrower, avoiding small…
Published on 2nd November 2007
Autumn Morning, Brienz
Published on 2nd November 2007
Sundown from my desk
Published on 6th November 2006
