Posts about Travel and tourism
Adventure is an attitude
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Going on large and small adventures has always made my life a little richer.
Looking back on 200,000 kilometres
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All good things come to an end, and it’s time to say farewell to my trusty Avant.
Surprised by Venice
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We took advantage of a much-reduced number of tourists in July to visit Venice. I came away with an unexpected number of good and unique photographs.
Spending three weeks in one of the most beautiful parts of the world this summer.
Temptation for idiots
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The news over the past couple of days has proven that there is an insane number of people taking to the countryside in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak. Here in the Swiss Alps, all of the cable cars and mountain stations are closed, and even the essential trains are running on a reduced service.…
Moods of Seaton
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One has to wonder what happened in the Devon seaside town of Seaton to bring it from a self-touted “artisanal haven” to its current dilapidated state.
The first cable-car in Switzerland
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The Wetterhorn Aufzug in Grindelwald took visitors up towards the Wetterhorn until 1915.
Thomas Heaton in Switzerland
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British photographer and videographer Thomas Heaton visits three of my favourite locations in Switzerland.
A place of irregular marriages
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The small town of Gretna Green, which lies alongside the M6/A74M on the border between Scotland and England, is one of the most popular wedding destinations in the world.
Land’s End
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Our holiday to the south of England this summer took us to the most south-westerly point of the British mainland.
The rolling hills of Basel-Land
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Photographing picturesque villages amongst the rolling hills of canton Basel-Land.
Hotel tip for central London
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Save your money for fun stuff and stay at a Premier Inn when you’re in London. Chain hotels, but excellent locations, high standards and free wifi.
Stunning
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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”. A film star looking average on a red carpet somewhere: “stunning”. I think that use of the…
Hiking along a panoramic path above the lake at Oeschinensee and then over-doing it on a much steeper, rockier path on the way to the Blümlisalphütte.
New sales film from the Schilthorn
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The Schilthorn Cableway has released a new short advertising film today, and as usual, it makes me want to head for Mürren straight away.
Smugglers’ Island
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Burgh Island, off the coast of Devon, was re-christened by Agatha Christie in 1941 for her famous Hercule Poirot novel “Evil Under The Sun”.
Frauenbad am Stadthausquai
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Bathing in public was forbidden to the women of Zurich until 1837. Once the ban had been lifted, the city constructed a bathing house on the river Limmat, alongside the Stadthausquai next to the city hall.
Zurich scenes
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A small set of photographs from Switzerland’s largest city, taken in a classically traditional square landscape format.
