Mark Howells-Mead, self-portrait January 2024

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  • The easy way is often better

    Abandoning a walk to Hohgant (again) for the sake of a more enjoyable afternoon.

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  • Oronsay Island

    Oronsay Island

    A picturesque dog walk to the tidal island of Oronsay, off the coast of the Isle of Skye.

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  • Coastal rocks on the Isle of Skye

    Arrival on the coast of Skye

    After around 2,300 kilometres of driving, a well-earned rest stop with family by the sea.

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  • View across Lake Thun from Chrinden

    Heiligenschwendi Reha Zentrum to Chrindenhubel and back

    A pleasant and warm walk last weekend, with forest sections and huge panoramic views across the lake to the mountains.

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  • Helvellyn and Catstycam from Birkhouse Moor

    Red Tarn from Glenridding via Birkhouse Moor

    In all of the years of visiting the Lake District, I’ve always pondered Helvellyn, but a hike in autumn 2024 was the first time I’d seen it up close.

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  • The Camberley Obelisk

    An unusual folly in the woods at Camberley in Surrey… which has outlasted my junior school.

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  • Spotting a fake horse

    The increasing difficulty of spotting fake content on social media platforms.

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  • Sand dunes at Brora beach

    The Leica Lux app for iPhone

    I’ve been experimenting with the new Leica Lux app.

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  • From the South to the North

    Heading from the far south of England to the far north of England in one long motorway drive.

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  • Niederscherli

    Niederscherli

    Bern band Tschuggr sings critically about stereotypical folk from a small village near Bern.

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  • Finding light in Turin

    Probably my favourite thing to do when visiting a city is to seek out special light with my camera. It helps me truly see the details of the place I’m visiting.

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  • WordCamp Europe 2024 in Turin

    Attending WordCamp Europe in Turin in 2024.

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  • WordPress expert Mark Howells-Mead

    Adding a custom sidebar in the WordPress Block Editor

    A short example of how to add a PluginSidebar to the WordPress Block Editor, and how to get WordPress user capabilities from the REST API.

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  • Waisenhausplatz

    It’s been a while since we’ve sat in the city centre of Bern to take a break amongst running errands and visiting shops. And even longer since we’ve managed to snag one of the few benches amongst the market stalls outside Starbucks on Waisenhausplatz.

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  • Burying a road for the sake of a neighbourhood

    Encasing a dual carriageway to provide a less polluted local environment in Zurich.

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  • Notting Hill and Bayswater

    A set of monochrome photographs documenting a walk I took from Notting Hill to Bayswater in March 2025.

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  • That London

    Spending an afternoon in London, paying attention to the city itself without reminiscing about the past.

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  • WordPress expert Mark Howells-Mead

    Responsive viewport height workaround for the WordPress Cover Block

    Working around a problem on the WordPress Cover block when the viewport height is too small.

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  • Silver How, Swinescar Pike and Lang How from Grasmere

    A wet and cold walk to a small Wainwright fell in January 2019.

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  • Winter sun at Sunnbüel

    Hiking in the snowy mountains above Kandersteg in February.

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  • Jo photographing the view from Loweswater Fell to Crummock Water

    Low Fell from Thackthwaite

    A gentle autumn walk to wonderful views across Lorton Vale and Crummock Water.

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Mark Howells-Mead is a WordPress designer and developer based in Switzerland. Mark has been building websites and web-apps for nearly 30 years and has over 20 years of experience building websites for small and medium-sized businesses using WordPress. He is fluent in English, German and Swiss German, having moved to the Swiss Alps in 2001. As you can see by the contents of this, his personal website, his free-time passions are photography, film-making and hiking.

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