At the end of 2024, a trip to the German speaking part of Switzerland, preparing a historical article for the magazine Passé Simple, this is what we saw in the forest, is it not fun and poetic?
And just before New Year, 3 Richards folk (Matthew, Evie, Phyllida) made they way up in the Jura, thanks so much for visiting us, it was GREAT!
Then a period of preparation for us Mountain Leaders, checking out new places, new tours, new opportunities and ideas. Here's a triptyque!
And then the groups are back, intense and FUN !
And why not not a MOVIE ?
It's not all about hiking, it's also about EATING!
One week I focused on bird watching with a zoom lenses on my Fujifilm camera, here are two pictures that I like. The first one shows a couple of Cormorants flying above the Leman lake and the second ... well can you find the Wagtails?
Ahhh Valais! The panoramas! Here are pictures from a spring winter hike, one of the last ones of 2025: so warm!
And then suddenly it's SPRING!
Green is back.
Sunshine.
And I have finished my historical GUIDE book, it took me almost 3 years, you can buy it HERE!
April 2025: 750th Anniversary of the Consecration of Notre-Dame de Lausanne, the cathedral on the hill, quite an event!
It's always so enjoyable to check out new tours, so pretty!
And then here comes the famous May-Beer hike, what a treat! We explored around the Gruyère lake and visited a micro-brewery called GARTACUS (and tasted the beers!-).
I recently bought a second hand6x6 twin-lense camera from the 50' (a Walzflex) and started taking pictures with it, here are 2 colour pictures from this ancient camera!
And that has taken us to the beginning of the month of June 2025.
Next article on this blog will cover the second part of the year, see you soon!!
Matthew
