Stone wall on Birkhouse Moor
  • During our time in the Lake District in 2024, I did a lone hike to the top of the fell which I’ve been driving past ever since first visiting the region in the 1990s.

  • Taking the cable-car to a traditional mountain restaurant below vast cliffs for a birthday treat.

  • It’s been over two years since I last published one of these, but I enjoyed doing them and so I think I might try and reboot my monthly photographic reviews.

  • A long but beautiful hiking route with a couple of short steeper sections, best done in autumn.

  • On Spiez Hill

    Walking through the woods and vineyards in the town I have called home for 25 years.

  • Winter walking

    Winter walking

    Walking isn’t about expansive vistas and big mountains, but the intricacies and moments of the place in which you find yourself.

  • Mark Howells-Mead on the shores of Lake Thun in Switzerland

    A calmed soul

    Getting away from a digital career to let the wind blow through the gap between my ears.

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

  • Oronsay Island

    Oronsay Island

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

  • View across Lake Thun from Chrinden

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

  • Helvellyn and Catstycam from 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.

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

  • Hiking in the snowy mountains above Kandersteg in February.

  • Jo photographing the view from Loweswater Fell to Crummock Water

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

  • A short break and brief drone flights above the farmland in the sunset near the highest point of the UK motorway network.

  • Stretching my legs on the Thames Path in Oxfordshire.

  • Canisp from Loch Awe

    Spontaneously changing my plans for a day’s hiking to achieve the summit of Canisp, a large and rocky hill in the Assynt region of Scotland.

  • Panoramic photography along a walk between Interlaken West station and Neuhaus harbour.