Scafell Pike from Wasdale
Oh, did I forget to mention? Jo and I walked up the biggest mountain in England in 2017.
Published on 5th May 2019
Blog posts about mountain
Blofeld’s Lair from the air
Filming and photographing at the mountain-top restaurant made famous by James Bond.
Published on 28th March 2019
Martinsloch, Grindelwald
The sun shines through a small hole in the rock face of the Eiger at Grindelwald for a couple of minutes, twice every year.
Published on 16th January 2019
Tschingellochtighorn from Engstligenalp
Obstinacy got me past a viewpoint I had aimed for and gave me the opportunity to capture a wonderfully dramatic alternative image.
Published on 10th July 2018
Ben Wyvis
Hiking our first Scottish “Munro”: Ben Wyvis in the district of Ross & Cromarty.
Published on 20th September 2017
Abrupt sunsets
Sunsets in the mountains are different from those over flatter landscapes.
Published on 21st February 2017
Heaven is this
Sitting, cross-legged, a couple of arms’ length from the edge of a two-and-a-half-thousand foot drop to the valley floor, watching clouds drift across the lake into the distance.
Published on 18th December 2016
The view around the corner at Susten Pass
Finding a magnificent view of a scene I know well, by going up a little road and turning a corner.
Published on 23rd October 2016
Stunning
There’s a trend these days for people to use the word “stunning”: from tabloid newspapers to t.v. presenters. And their use of the word so often makes everyone else use it. A view of the sea: “stunning”. A fashionable dress: “stunning”.
Published on 8th October 2016
Changeable Sunday
Views from home across the lake to the Niederhorn on a winter Sunday.
Published on 6th March 2016
In the shadow of the giants
The Niesen casts a clearly triangular shadow when the sun is low in the sky.
Published on 12th January 2016
Oeschinensee, Switzerland
One of the more spectacular mountain lakes in the Bernese Oberland of Switzerland is at Oeschinensee, in a hanging valley easily reached by cable car from the town of Kandersteg. If you’re feeling lazy, then the walk to the lakeside restaurant is…
Published on 19th October 2015
Grindelwald First, Switzerland
The mountain restaurant and top cable car station at First, above Grindelwald, affords amazing views down to the valley and to the huge wall of rock opposite: including the famous Eiger North Wall.
Published on 14th October 2015
Brienzer Rothorn, Switzerland
The Brienzer Rothorn is the tallest mountain on the northern side of Lake Brienz. The peak is accessible – in summer and autumn only – by a cable car from Sörenberg and by an open-sided, oil-powered steam railway from…
Published on 17th September 2015
Big Wide World is coming home
I started a website project in May, featuring the panoramic photographs I’m taking for an ongoing personal project I call Big Wide World. I designed the website from scratch and added new technology – like a map view and a better…
Published on 17th September 2015
Terry Abraham’s wonderful outdoor films
Terry's videos make me want to turn off my computer and head for the British hills immediately: whether to a well-known place like the Lake District or to places which will be new to me.
Published on 23rd July 2015
Lake Thun, Switzerland
Published on 21st July 2015
Jungfraujoch, Switzerland
The Jungfraujoch is the prime tourist destination in Switzerland’s Jungfrau region. High atop a mountain “saddle” between the Mönch and Jungfrau peaks, it’s accessible by taking a cog-wheel train which makes its way to the summit through a tunnel…
Published on 12th July 2015
Furka Pass, Switzerland
The Furka Pass, between Gletsch in canton Wallis and Realp in canton Uri, is one of the high alpine pass routes, only open between June and (approximately) October because of heavy winter snow falls in the region. The pass road is well…
Published on 11th July 2015
Locarno, Switzerland
At the end of a long afternoon’s drive from home, via Kandersteg, Brig, the Simplon Pass and a very narrow and windy road through the Ticinese mountains, we arrived at Locarno, on the shores of Lago Maggiore, just in time…
Published on 10th July 2015
Melchsee Frutt, Switzerland
The Melchsee is a lake in the mountains, tucked away in the lee of a range of peaks between Meiringen and Engelberg. Nearby, the smaller stretch of water called Blauseeli (little blue lake) is a haven for frogs after the…
Published on 26th June 2015
Niesen, Switzerland
The pyramidal peak of the Niesen, in the Bernese Oberland of Switzerland, towers over the surrounding countryside. It heads a range of mountains leading from Adelboden and Lenk and is the “Hausberg” (home mountain) of Spiez and the Lower Simmen…
Published on 1st June 2015
Rigi Kulm, Switzerland
The hotel, station and television transmission relay tower on top of the Rigi mountain in central Switzerland. I love how this turned out: it looks like a model railway, but is, in fact, a real mountain peak.
Published on 31st May 2015
Matthorn, Switzerland
Helicopters are a common sight in Switzerland, in particular when you’re hiking on the higher peaks of the alpine region. Here, a tourist helicopter passes in front of the Matthorn peak, near the summit of Pilatus.
Published on 28th May 2015
Männlichen, Switzerland
The mountain slopes near the world-famous Eiger are a destination for thousands of skiers and snowboarders in winter. On the Männlichen plateau, above Grindelwald and Wengen, the best time of day for photography is shortly before sunset, when the sports people have left for…
Published on 29th April 2015
Männlichen, Switzerland
Low cloud drifts through the Lauterbrunnen Valley, below the level of the cable car station on the Männlichen plateau.
Published on 29th April 2015
The Swiss Pyramid
The triangular Niesen towers over the Lower Simmen Valley and the towns of Spiez and Faulensee, on the shores of Lake Thun in Switzerland. The glowing clouds behind the mountains in the distance aren’t illuminated by towns, but by lightning storms…
Published on 25th July 2014
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…
Published on 14th October 2013
Zugspitze
Fear and exhilaration on the other side of the safety fence, at the absolute "Top of Germany".
Published on 10th October 2013
Glacier 3000
Glacier 3000 is the name of a tourist destination in the French Swiss region of Les Diablerets; the number in question being the (approximate) height in metres above sea level of the upper part of a sizeable glacier, easily…
Published on 26th August 2013
Pilatus Kulm
The mountaintop hotel, restaurant and visitor complex on Mount Pilatus, between Lake Lucerne and the forest cantons of Obwalden and Nidwalden, is a marvel of structural engineering. An ugly one, but a marvel nonetheless.
Published on 24th November 2011
Vote for your favourite Jungfrau photo
I’ve submitted five photos to an Interlaken Tourism competition, whose subject is the Jungfrau mountain in the Bernese Oberland. If you have a Facebook account, please pop over and vote for your favourite amongst the following photos. Thank you…
Published on 14th September 2011
Going the extra mile
I decided to take advantage of glorious warm weather and the Easter bank holiday to visit the closed stretch of road near the upper reaches of the Susten pass in Switzerland.
Published on 26th April 2011
The Grotto of Saint Columba
Deep in the Jura mountains is a large cave; easily accessible, as it sits alongside the main road which winds its way through the bottom of the Pichoux Gorge. In the cave is a shrine to the Christian St. Columba…
Published on 2nd April 2011
Monte Limidario
Published on 31st December 2010
Schilthorn in the mist
A day in the clouds at the Piz Gloria mountain-top revolving restaurant.
Published on 3rd November 2010
Seasons Change
The rain clouds lift and show what beauty they have strewn across the higher mountains in our region.
Published on 22nd October 2010
Summer in the mountains
A view of the lake shore at the tiny mountain village of Melchsee Frutt in canton Obwalden, Switzerland.
Published on 12th June 2010
Changing tack
A photo I took a year ago today reminds me to put down the lighting gear and head out with just a camera and a pair of comfortable shoes, to capture the light which needs no help.
Published on 22nd April 2010
Memories of Great Places
A panoramic view of the small, remote town of Malfa on the Italian island of Salina.
Published on 11th April 2010
