Posts about winter
Below the water line (again)
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Exceptionally low water levels at Lake Thun, as part of a four-year routine.
The edge of the afternoon
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A pleasant walk down from Allmendhubel through Blumental valley, into the shade cast by the mountain ridge, then back into the sun to slither our way down the ice-covered path to Mürren.
Meall an Leathaid
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The road from Easter Ross into the Strathrusdale valley leads into what I felt was the middle of nowhere.
Blair Castle
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After a twelve year wait, I finally get a decent photograph of Blair Castle, near Pitlochry in Scotland.
The wilds of Scotland
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Even after the many miles of road travel to the populated north of Scotland, the next stage out into the northern Highlands, delineated by the huge Great Glen between Oban and Inverness, is something else entirely. Leaving dual carriageways behind on the Black Isle and heading west, especially during inclement weather, both the roads and the landscape become increasingly…
A nerve-wracking trip to Birg cable-car station
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My only cable-car trip into the high Alps this past winter season was in February. Webcam confirmation of a fabulous cloud inversion encouraged me to get into the mountains after a long abstinence. I expected the visit to be be a nerve-wracking experience thanks to so many people wearing their coronavirus face-masks around their chins,…
Hiking in the snow at Le Noirmont
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Hiking in the snow between Le Noirmont and Le Creux-des-Biches in the Swiss Jura mountains.
A Day at the Schilthorn
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Schilthorn is a fascinating location where the James Bond Movie “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” was filmed and remains a huge tourist attraction with a revolving 360 degree restaurant. Schilthorn Piz-gloria is one of my favorite places to ski because you’re always above the clouds and the skiing is so beautiful. Words cannot describe the…
2019 in review: Swiss winter landscapes
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For my first blog post in review of 2019, I decided to pick out a few of my favourite wintry photographs from last year in Switzerland, which show the kind of classical landscape photography I love.
The Lauberhorn flight
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I visit the wintry mountain-top viewpoint at Männlichen, above Wengen and Grindelwald, to photograph the annual combined Patrouille Suisse/SWISS airliner air show.
Blofeld’s Lair from the air
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Filming and photographing at the mountain-top restaurant made famous by James Bond.
Piz Gloria from the air
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This photograph is available to buy as a framed print in my Redbubble gallery.
Frozen lake at Corbières
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Aerial video sequences of a frozen lake in the sunshine, near Fribourg in Switzerland.
Grindelwald, December 2017
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The best time to visit the mountain villages near our home is between the tourist seasons, when many hotels are closed and the valleys, cable cars and mountain cableways are much quieter. We drove up to Grindelwald shortly before Christmas, to visit the mountain restaurant at Schreckfeld, where deep snow and temperatures as low as…
A cold, cold afternoon
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It had been a beautifully sunny start to the day, but by the time we’d driven up to Grindelwald, the clouds had taken over and the temperature had plummeted. We had to use a plastic loyalty card to scrape the ice from the inside of the cable car window, and the fondue at the mountain…
