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Great Asby Scar
Leaving the familiar fells and valleys of the Lake District to visit a less familiar part of northern England.
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The wilds of Scotland
Even after the many miles of road travel to the populated north of Scotland, the next stage out into the northern Highlands, delineated by the huge Great Glen between Oban and Inverness, is something else entirely. Leaving dual carriageways behind on the Black Isle and heading west, especially during inclement weather, both the roads and the landscape become increasingly […]
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A nerve-wracking trip to Birg cable-car station
My only cable-car trip into the high Alps this past winter season was in February. Webcam confirmation of a fabulous cloud inversion encouraged me to get into the mountains after a long abstinence. I expected the visit to be be a nerve-wracking experience thanks to so many people wearing their coronavirus face-masks around their chins, […]
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Uferweg Iseltwald
A pedestrian-only footpath through the woods and cliffs on the southern shore of Lake Brienz.
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Birg to Mürren through the clouds
I’m looking forward to the new cable-cars next year. I hope that they’ll have dirt-repellent, scratch-resistant windows. (Sequence filmed in February 2021.)
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The winds from the south
Southerly winds form cloud waterfalls in the high mountains of the Swiss Alps.
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Taking our bikes further afield
Finally got a tow bar fitted to the car, which means we can mount a bike rack, which means we can take our bikes further afield at last!
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Schloss Habsburg
A mighty family rose from a little castle amongst the fields in Swiss canton Aargau.
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Strandbad Rheinfelden
About as close as we can get to visiting Germany at the moment; the car park next to the Rhine on the edge of Switzerland. (The river marks the northern border.)
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Using React and WordPress to build a performant single-page application
More and more website development takes place using Javascript these days, whether within the WordPress CMS or as part of a streamlined frontend experience. I abandoned jQuery at the end of 2019 and began learning React in earnest.
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The sight of the Sound of Music
The beautiful cinematography of The Sound of Music, which I watched for the first time this year.
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Dampfschiff Spiez passing Faulensee
The steamship “Spiez” – known colloquially and diminutively as “Das Spiezerli” thanks to its small size – en route from Thun to Interlaken for the first time after nearly five years of restoration work.
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Wengen to Kleine Scheidegg
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.
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How to clone a WordPress website with WP CLI and rsync
Using command-line scripts to synchronise your live website with your local website.
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The view from Eni Lavaux
Finally photographing a long-awaited evening view across Lausanne, thanks to getting the right angle with my drone.
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The pinnacle of the pool river
Hiking in the wild, remote and dramatic landscape of the north-west of Scotland last autumn.
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Unter dem Birg to Engstligenalp
Time-lapse sequence of the cable car ride from the valley station to the mountain station.
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Easier Block Patterns using Template Parts
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.
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Saharan dust in the air
Almost every year, prevailing winds bring fine dust and sand from the Sahara desert to southern Europe.
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Overlapping elements with CSS grid
Using CSS Grid to overlap two rows and allow a content image to “break out” of the text container.
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Squeaky snow
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.
