A familiar array of “adventures” which I feel fortunate to regularly enjoy.
An unfestive 1st August, barbecuing in a mountain valley and walking around a lovely lake near Gstaad.
The road from Easter Ross into the Strathrusdale valley leads into what I felt was the middle of nowhere.
The “Grimsel Snake” (“Grimselschlange”) is a cloud formation in the mountain region between canton Bern and Wallis, where the clouds pour over the ridge slowly like water when the humidity and wind combine in the right direction. Here’s a time-lapse video I filmed of it from the Furka Bélvèdere car park in 2016.
Lots of work stopped me from going out so much, but we did get in a great trip to canton Wallis.
Making more of an effort to publish moving pictures, including one from Dartmoor in June.
Pottering at home, a trip to Scotland and photographing wild flowers in Switzerland.
The final resting place of a beloved character from the Harry Potter series of books and films.
Stepping back from involvement in the future development of WordPress as a system.
Using block filters in JavaScript to override theme.json settings on a per-case basis.
With a name like “Ice Path”, you know before you arrive that a hiking route is going to be a pretty spectacular one.
The third of our slightly soggy hikes in the English Lake District in autumn 2022.
It seems as though there will be a fair amount of travelling for me this year, both around Switzerland (which is pretty normal for Jo and for me in our time off), and abroad. After visiting England in March, I was back again in April to visit Mum; later in the month, I rode the…
This music video by Bayview Sounds for their song “Home Alone” is very evocative of my trips to the northern and eastern Scottish coasts, with sea haar and low sun whilst driving along narrow roads. (The video was actually filmed in the far northern Scottish county of Caithness, which feels like the end of the…
