Month: May 2020
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Day 53 Of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – Rebooting Switzerland in Safe Mode
Reading Time: 2 minutesWe’re just days away from Switzerland rebooting in Safe Mode. Rebooting in Safe mode means that children will go back to School on alternating days. Hairdressers and creches are already open. So are flower shops. When I went to the local shopping the music festival maze to get into the shops was…
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Day 52 Of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – More Cows, and Cascading Style Sheets
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhile some of us have gone fifty-two days without being within two meters of another person due to the pandemic others walk side by side down country lanes, forcing those walking alone to make the decision of whether to risk infecting the vulnerable couple or stepping off the road and waiting under…
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Day 51 Of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – Only Two People At A Time
Reading Time: 2 minutesToday I went in to a shop without knowing that the limit was two people at a time. Paradoxically there were not two but five people in the shop because if you’re a parent with a child you’re allowed to be two, so there were four people. I saw no sign on…
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Day 50 Of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – A Floating Border Bike Ride
Reading Time: 2 minutesToday could be described as a Floating Border bike ride. During the bike ride I saw at least three or four patrols. One of these patrols had stopped a biker and were checking his papers, a second patrol was checking that the barriers were still in place. In a third case it…
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Day 49 Of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – A Two And A Half Hour Walk At Dusk.
Reading Time: 2 minutesI just got back from a two and a half-hour walk at dusk. I had no plan to go for such a long walk. It was elongated because I ended up taking a detour to see calves just as they were being fed. They’re quite excited about getting some food. They were…
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Day 48 Of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – Calves And Their Mothers
Reading Time: 2 minutesDuring today’s walk I saw calves and their mothers. Their mothers were mooing me away but I was taking video so I didn’t move until one after another started to approach me. By then I had the footage I wanted to have. I had a strong fence fixed with wooden posts and…
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Day 47 Of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – A Walk In The Rain
Reading Time: 3 minutesYesterday I went for a walk in the rain. I walked for two hours, took pictures and listened to Echo Der Zeit and this episode of the Thru-Hiking podcast. Gretel Scarlet was the interviewee. She talked about South Bound (SOBO) hiking the PCT. It’s interesting to see how different her attitude was…