Blog posts by Mark Howells-Mead at Permanent Tourist

The hike from Wengen to Kleine Scheidegg, high above the Lauterbrunnen Valley in Switzerland, is beautiful. But parts of the route are an absolute killer.

Using command-line scripts to synchronise your live website with your local website.

Finally photographing a long-awaited evening view across Lausanne, thanks to getting the right angle with my drone.

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Hiking in the wild, remote and dramatic landscape of the north-west of Scotland last autumn.

Time-lapse sequence of the cable car ride from the valley station to the mountain station.

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Using register_block_pattern in WordPress can be a pain, as you need to manipulate the HTML in your code. Here’s a much less tiresome solution.

Almost every year, prevailing winds bring fine dust and sand from the Sahara desert to southern Europe.

Using CSS Grid to overlap two rows and allow a content image to “break out” of the text container.

When the temperature of snow is above -10°C, it melts slightly when you crush it by walking on it. At temperatures below -10°C, the ice crystals are crushed, which makes a squeaking sound.

Going somewhere new and exploring the lake shore at Seengen, near Hallwil.

If you find a natural feature, enjoy it while it lasts.

Strolling in a winter wonderland on an unusual Christmas Day.

Photos from a wander in the winter sunshine in 2019.

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Wonderful and unusual drone and time-lapse sequences from the Visit Scotland YouTube channel.

My first little video put together using Adobe Premier Pro, using some old video clips from 2011.

Spending three weeks in one of the most beautiful parts of the world this summer.

Hiking in the snow between Le Noirmont and Le Creux-des-Biches in the Swiss Jura mountains.

Of all the walks Jo and I have undertaken, the path to Haystacks in the English Lake District seems to be the most prone to failure. The attempt we made in 2020 was no exception, although a sudden change in the weather led us to an alternative success.

Ever on the lookout for new views – and new variations on old views – I spent a fair amount of time on days out hunting for picturesque meadows this spring and summer.