Permanent Tourist

by Mark Howells-Mead

Posts about gwatt

  • Low water levels in Gwatt

    Below the water line (again)

    Exceptionally low water levels at Lake Thun, as part of a four-year routine.

  • Random things in August

    A lovely month full of experiences, but fewer random photographs than usual.

  • Gwatt lake shore, Thun

    The shore of Lake Thun at Gwatt is a great place to photograph the sunrise and the sunset.

  • Faulensee, Switzerland

    Below the water line

    Low water levels in Lake Thun in winter reveal large expanses of foreshore.

  • Gwatt nature reserve, Thun

    Gwatt nature reserve, Thun

    I just came across a short film I made in January and posted to YouTube at the time. Filmed with my X100 and edited quickly in iMovie, it shows the publicly accessible lake-shore nature reserve at Gwatt, some fifteen minutes’ drive from home.

  • Thunersee nature reserves

    The Swiss aren’t generally as keen on nature reserves as the British. Despite the stupidly beautiful countryside, there are comparatively few places like RSPB reserves (over 200 in the U.K.) and the National Trust (who is the U.K.’s largest individual land owner). We’re lucky enough to live near two of the small Swiss reserves at Lake Thun:…

  • Handball, Thun, Switzerland

    Handball, Thun, Switzerland

  • Seeblick, Gwatt, Switzerland

    Along the lake shore path at Gwatt are homes perfect for twitchers: this area is separated from the Thunersee by large reed beds full of nesting birds.