Blog posts about Travel and tourism at Permanent Tourist

Hallwil, Switzerland

Going somewhere new and exploring the lake shore at Seengen, near Hallwil.

Loch Eriboll

Spending three weeks in one of the most beautiful parts of the world this summer.

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. […]

Capture The North

A short film by David Jervidal.

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 old cable-car station on the Wetterhorn in Switzerland

The Wetterhorn Aufzug in Grindelwald took visitors up towards the Wetterhorn until 1915.

Thomas Heaton in Switzerland

British photographer and videographer Thomas Heaton visits three of my favourite locations in Switzerland.

Itching to visit the historic Hörnlihütte in Zermatt.

Gretna Green, Scotland

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, Cornwall

Our holiday to the south of England this summer took us to the most south-westerly point of the British mainland.

Rickenbach, Switzerland

Photographing picturesque villages amongst the rolling hills of canton Basel-Land.

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.

Wyssebach Falls, Susten, Switzerland

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

The Schilthorn Cableway has released a new short advertising film today, and as usual, it makes me want to head for Mürren straight away.

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.

A small set of photographs from Switzerland’s largest city, taken in a classically traditional square landscape format.

Lizard Point, Cornwall

As time goes on, we’re getting to see more and more new parts of the U.K. One goal we’ve set ourselves is to visit all of the most remote corners of the British “mainland”, as well as more remote spots on outlying islands when we can. We’ve already visited John o’Groats and Dunnet Head – […]

Whilst many travel up to the top of the Niederhorn ridge by cable car – one of the most expensive ones by distance in the whole region – there’s a much better alternative for the fitter visitor. There’s a private, tolled road leading up from Waldegg, at Beatenberg, to farm buildings on the mountain, which drivers […]

Tintagel, Cornwall

I was a little disappointed that the “castle” at Tintagel was little more than a few bits of wall at the coast. (I suppose I have been spoiled by the castle ruins at Dunnotar and Tantallon.) Our walk along the coast path, doing battle with the wind, was lovely anyway, with foxgloves (a memory from […]

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