The fifth leg of my motorcycle tour across Europe brought me to Pilatus 'The Dragon Mountain' - a massive hill towering some 2,128m above Lucerne in the Swiss Alps. I spent the whole day doing the round-trip, reaching the peak via cable car and hiking various cliff-edge paths and tunnels.

After guzzling the biggest Bratwurst I'd ever seen, I caught the cogwheel train down the other side of the mountain to a ferry waiting at the bottom. By the time we chugged across Vierwaldstättersee lake to Lucerne, it was late in the afternoon and the sun was low, which made photography pretty tricky but ultimately rewarding. It is a spectacularly beautiful part of the world, that seems to fill my heart at every corner.

After half an hour or so, windswept and sunburned, I disembarked the ferry and caught a bus back to Kriens, where my trusty Triumph Bonneville scramble was waiting.

These photographs were taken with my Canon EOS 5D Mark IV and the extraordinary Canon EF 35mm f/1.4 II.

Equipment used

Camera

Canon EOS 5D Mark IV

Lens

Canon 35 mm f/1.4 L II USM

Motorcycle

Triumph Bonneville Scrambler 865

About the photographer

I'm Alex Nichol. I'm an amateur photographer from the North of England. For me, photography is a way to share what I love most about the world. That includes everything, from family and friends, to wild animals and breathtaking places... or maybe just how the sun twinkles on a weed in my back garden. It's all fair game.

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