Alongside Lake Thun, not far from Interlaken is a mountain called the Niederhorn. In all the (33) years we’ve been coming here, we’ve never paid it a visit. A strange gondola lift takes us to the top. The cabins travel in groups of 3.

There’s a nice restaurant at the top – we had lunch.

A huge TV transmitter dominates the summit. Broadcast TV was closed down in Switzerland a few years back, so I’m not sure whether it actually does anything anymore.

There were bound to be alphorns I guess.

Behind the mountain is a wild and beautiful valley called Justistal.

A funicular railway takes us back down to the lake, where we can catch a bus back to Interlaken.

We quite liked the Niederhorn, it was nice and fresh up there on a very warm Monday.