Permanent Tourist

The personal website of Mark Howells-Mead

Posts from 2019

  • How to create your own Gutenberg block with only a full or wide alignment option, instead of the usual possibilities.

  • Aerial photograph of the Aletsch glacier in Swiss canton Valais

    Because the Aletsch glacier is inevitably melting so much, the adjacent mountain ridges are beginning to destabilize.

  • Shop fronts in La Spezia, Italy

    Black-and-white photos from wanderings in the Italian Cinque Terre.

  • Riederalp to Hohfluh

    Time-lapse video of the chairlift ride from Riederalp to Hohfluh in Swiss canton Wallis.

  • Capture The North

    A short film by David Jervidal.

  • Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, Berlin

    A series of unposed photos amongst the stelae of the famous Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin.

  • One has to wonder what happened in the Devon seaside town of Seaton to bring it from a self-touted “artisanal haven” to its current dilapidated state.

  • Small cascades in the forest above Beatenberg

    Taking my new tripod and neutral density filters for a walk in the forests above Beatenberg.

  • Scrrenshot of Rachel Andrew's website, built using CSS Grid

    I’m beginning to delve into the newest extension of the CSS style rule possibilities at a professional level, in order to design and create websites which break the mould.

  • Oh, did I forget to mention? Jo and I walked up the biggest mountain in England in 2017.

  • Swiss German uses a lot of French words, so a delivery driver is called a “Chauffeur”. This word used to mean “heater” too. There’s a sign on the door to the delivery bay of the local supermarket saying “Chauffeur – bitte Ware in den Kühlraum mitnehmen”. Which actually means “Driver – please take your goods…

  • After some rushing around, I find myself on my own in Zurich for a couple of days. After dealing with the day job, I have the evening to myself, with no pressure and no responsibilities. Leaving work behind, I head for the old town and the anonymity of a familiar, traditional and noisy restaurant. The…

  • Blofeld’s Lair from the air

    Filming and photographing at the mountain-top restaurant made famous by James Bond.

  • This photograph is available to buy as a framed print in my Redbubble gallery.

  • All I need is air

    Taking a little too much air to take things off my mind.

  • I am an introvert and that’s O.K.

  • Frozen lake at Corbières

    Aerial video sequences of a frozen lake in the sunshine, near Fribourg in Switzerland.

  • Screenshot of Kipfer holiday apartment, Faulensee, Switzerland

    Using a website visitor’s browser settings to seamlessly display content in a language they can understand.

  • Diemtigen Valley from the air

    Aerial sequences of the quiet and peaceful Diemtigal Valley in Switzerland.

  • I’ve been suffering from anxiety issues for the last year or so. A couple of people have said to me that the topic isn’t discussed as much as it could be, so I thought I’d write about my experiences in the hope that they might help others in a similar situation.

  • Lobhörner from Sulwald

    The longest and hardest hike in Switzerland I’ve managed to date, captured in photos and video.