I think it’s time to have a wander down memory lane. To a family day spent in The Alps. To picture perfect Switzerland. Back I think 8 years. It didn’t often seem to happen, but to a raincoat day. We headed off by train to the village of Kandersteg. Then an energetic uphill 4km walk to one the planets most beautiful lakes. Oeschinen Lake. It is a true mountain lake. It’s also a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
It’s one of those places where you find peace, you can breathe, you just smile. On a Sunny Day, the water is the bluest of blues. One small, isolated hotel is the perfect spot to sit and take in the atmosphere.
Oeschinen should be an automatic entry on any travel bucket list. I so want to go back there right now.
A Dad trying to cope with the loss of his Partner and becoming a single parent. 
Lovely photos Gary. Thanks for sharing
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To acclimatise Hawklad to being in a hotel, there’s a Travelodge at £40 a night in Tadcaster.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.9035493,-1.1955304,3a,60y,308.51h,83.55t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1szw9ppUg9nmTzjMFL3CMIJw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
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Tadcaster Travelodge is not a big hotel and is away from the town LS24 8EQ. It’s set just off the A64 and surrounded by fields. It’s tucked back behind a Greggs that does a bit o’ vegan options (open until 4pm). Travelling there could involve going through York or if he is not ready for that, then there’s the ring road, but if it all goes tits up, it’s still in driving distance home.
https://www.trivago.co.uk/tadcaster-41461/hotel/travelodge-york-tadcaster-138305
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We should miss York.
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In the town of Tadcaster (three miles away) 🥾🥾 walkers are welcome and apparently all the car parking is free. It’s steeped in history: romans, railways, country houses, ancient tracks and battle places. Here’s a load of links in here to recommended walks:
https://tadwalks.org.uk/
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My Dad was born there.
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We are planning something like that when he’s ready.
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I will never tire of looking at your wonderful pictures of Switzerland…
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It is sad, but you might need to hurry up to still see that glacier …
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I know. That is so sad.
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Sad and scary!
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Still can’t believe that place is real, lol
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Oh it is ❤️
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Such lovely photos as always, Gary. I can almost smell the fresh mountain air from your photos. Always a treat to see photos of Hawklad too. Happy Swiss Sunday!
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Thank you. I wish I could smell that air right now.
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Simply amazing! And Hawdlad is so sweet! Happy Sunday!
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He is ❤️❤️
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So beautiful! I love all your photographs, but the ones of Hawklad are so sweet.
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Thank you. He doesn’t take after me
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LOL he must have something of his father in him, I’d say intelligence! You’re too funny!
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As he says hopefully ‘it’s restricted to eyelashes’ 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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LOL he certainly has a sense of humour 🙂 I think he gets that from you!!!!
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He does have a great sense of humour
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I think you can get through almost anything life throws at you if you can keep a sense of humour about you. You definitely have that attribute. Hawklad has learned well. 🙂
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Lovely. Came by specially to see these. Been away all weekend.
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Hopefully somewhere fun. ❤️
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Each time I see how much you love Switzerland, I wonder if you’ve read historian Tony Judt’s book, The Memory Chalet, which he wrote as he was dying and drawn back to Swiss vacations in his boyhood, along with other things. It’s his smallest book but one of the best You might like it.
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No I haven’t but I will
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