Posts about winter
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Blair Castle
After a twelve year wait, I finally get a decent photograph of Blair Castle, near Pitlochry in Scotland.
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The wilds of Scotland
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 […]
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A nerve-wracking trip to Birg cable-car station
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, […]
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Christmas Day in Narnia
Strolling in a winter wonderland on an unusual Christmas Day.
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Aeschiried in the snow
Photos from a wander in the winter sunshine in 2019.
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Hiking in the snow at Le Noirmont
Hiking in the snow between Le Noirmont and Le Creux-des-Biches in the Swiss Jura mountains.
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A Day at the Schilthorn
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 […]
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2019 in review: Swiss winter landscapes
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.
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The Lauberhorn flight
I visit the wintry mountain-top viewpoint at Männlichen, above Wengen and Grindelwald, to photograph the annual combined Patrouille Suisse/SWISS airliner air show.
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Blofeld’s Lair from the air
Filming and photographing at the mountain-top restaurant made famous by James Bond.
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Piz Gloria from the air
This photograph is available to buy as a framed print in my Redbubble gallery.
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Frozen lake at Corbières
Aerial video sequences of a frozen lake in the sunshine, near Fribourg in Switzerland.
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Allmendhubel to Mürren
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Grindelwald, December 2017
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 […]
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A cold, cold afternoon
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 […]
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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.
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The early bird and all that
I was half an hour early for an appointment at the Spiez council offices this morning, so I went for a brief stroll through the woods to the top of the vineyards while I was waiting. It was so peaceful, with fresh powdered snow slipping silently from the trees and only two or three other people there […]
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Changeable Sunday
Views from home across the lake to the Niederhorn on a winter Sunday.
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Schiltgrat to Mürren
A hair-raising sledge run – our first of this season – in the awe-inspiring Schilttal valley above Mürren.
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Below the water line
Low water levels in Lake Thun in winter reveal large expanses of foreshore.
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Riffelsee to Riffelalp, Zermatt
Before the proper snow arrived at the start of this year’s winter season, we visited Zermatt and visited the famous, much-photographed view of the Matterhorn from Riffelsee.
