I've written about Oeschinensee before, and I ran out of superlatives. I'd visited twice before, under a summer downpour and the midwinter sunshine, but never in the summer glow with time and space to explore. In August, I put that right. This is my love letter to Oeschinensee.

Have you ever ended up in a place where you never planned or expected to visit? Perhaps somewhere you didn't even realise existed until you stumbled across it by chance? Here’s how I found myself in a quiet valley in the Swiss Jura.

The summit of the Gornergrat has arguably the best view of the Matterhorn, and there's more beauty to be found in the winter trail from Rotenboden to Riffelberg on the upper slopes.