Tag Archives: Switzerland

Allan & Ron head for the hills

Posted on August 4, 2017 by snitchthebudgie

It’s August, so it’s holiday time for Allan and Ron.  Creatures of habit, like the Bartlett’s, they head for Switzerland.  As a friend mailed… Got where? OK let me guess. Where do you two go every year around this time? … Continue reading →

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Ramble on Ron #3

Posted on February 18, 2017 by snitchthebudgie

The weather is still the same!! Woke up to find a new dusting of snow with low cloud/mist. During my travels it was sunny but cold. Returned to hotel to find weather as it was this morning. Today travelled via … Continue reading →

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Ramble on Ron #2

Posted on February 14, 2017 by snitchthebudgie

A few more pictures from Ron’s Swiss holiday.  The weather has not improved! Fresh snow overnight so had a lie in. Left hotel in sleet with slippery pavements and made my way over via Berne to Zurich. As it was … Continue reading →

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Ramble on Ron #1

Posted on February 10, 2017 by snitchthebudgie

Ron is on safari again – off to Switzerland in the snow!  It all looks very pretty, but I think I prefer the summer…. Flight taxied on time and took off 10 minutes later. it was subject to turbulence and … Continue reading →

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Shunting on a cable car…

Posted on August 14, 2016 by snitchthebudgie

From Allan’s Swiss adventures this year… How do you get a pallet of goods from under a cable car and load it on to a waggon?  This is what the BLM does. Not the clearest photos, but perhaps offering a … Continue reading →

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Swiss Redux #4

Posted on July 31, 2016 by snitchthebudgie

A final post of Swiss delights (at least for now.)  This would make a good, and very high, backdrop….. And this is an idyllic scene to model, too…. Love the owl….. Here, the old buildings form another idea for a backdrop….. And finally, … Continue reading →

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Swiss Redux #3

Posted on July 29, 2016 by snitchthebudgie

Once again we start in the mountains…. But quickly settle down for a little train spotting…. I continue to be impressed by the variety in loco-hauled trains compared with the UK.  Returning home on the tram….

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Swiss Redux #2

Posted on July 27, 2016 by snitchthebudgie

Another quiet day mountain train spotting…..

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Swiss Redux #1

Posted on July 25, 2016 by snitchthebudgie

We’re off on holiday this week, so whilst we’re away, here are a few more Swiss photographs from Allan; 2015 this time…. Today it’s trains and boats and planes.  But why not start with some awesome scenery? And this could … Continue reading →

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Swiss Roll #5

Posted on July 5, 2016 by snitchthebudgie

Thanks, Allan.  Normal service will be resumed next week!!!!

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