Take a beautiful day
and choose one of the lovely vintage steam boats on the lake.
There were three of us on the cruise together
My grandson, a friend and me.
We had chosen to go on a sunset cruise
with a meal in this lovely old-style restaurant.
A photo before everyone streams in
This is our view from the table on the other side.
We took lots of photos and admired the wooden panelling on either side of the window.
We passed vineyards
and familiar mountains as the boat turned in Montreux
The Swiss flag flies in the stern of the boat.
It was still quite light
and I wondered if we would actually see the sunset
before returning to our port in Ouchy.
It's always fun to see the paddle wheels turning
I love the lines of the mast against the light blue sky on the top deck.
The sun is getting quite low on the horizon
and the colours change with each passing minute and become more golden.
I love catching the scene through a foreground of poles and lines
and seeing the flowing French flag at the prow of the boat.
Just before disappearing behind the mountain range,
the golden sun-flares delight us all.
The gorgeous lighting after the sun has gone down
makes the silhouettes in the port look really magical.
On the other side of the sky,
everything is bathed in shades of blue and pink.
As we leave the boat and walk along the lake,
I take the last photos of the deepening sky
until just the hint of the silhouetted boat remains
with touches of pink behind the trees where the sun went down.
Such a wonderful outing on this beautiful day in August.