RuRex – rural exploration
A collapsed building. You can still see some of the wood, tiles and holes for wooden supports.
People in a Rowboat
Sometimes you look out to see and see amusing situations. Plenty of blue in this image.
Solar Charging Watch
On Sunny days the watch is self-sustaining. It charges more than it uses.
Life And The Pandemic Continue
Life and the pandemic continue. Two swimmers about to start their daily swim.
A Walk By The Mediterranean Sea
A walk by the Mediterranean Sea.
A Flower By the Sea
The pandemic continues and our routines continue
Sunrise Over The Mediterranean Yesterday
The pandemic continues, despite it being Christmas, so enjoy a view of the sea.
A Mediterranean Morning
We are not all in snowy landscapes. Some of us are by the Mediterranean Sea. some of us are not parents of children so we can skip the holiday. Maybe next year I will have a reason to value it, but not for now.
A Fishing Boat
A fishing boat returning to port in the morning. I don’t know whether it could find any fish in the Mediterranean.
A Lot of Walking in Circles
People think that you need to get in the car, drive for half an hour to two hours, hike, and then drive home for from half an hour to two hours but this idea is wrong. We can do a lot of walking in circles. In reality we don’t walk in circles. We walk in loops. We walk from home to home, but via a different variety of villages. Some days it is the villages that overlook the lake, and other days it is the villages that are under the Jura.
The walks are in almost the same place, but with different dynamics. One takes you along fields, trees, the camino de Santiago and the trail of the Hughenots and the next takes you along vines, orchards, woods and more. They also take you along different groups of people.
Most people seem to walk from village one to village two in a loop. They usually finish within an hour but I often walk from one and a half hours to two, and sometimes three, depending on whether it is summer or winter. There is more time to walk in summer. So much walking, 365 or so days a year, does mount up. Depending on the app it amounts to 2600 or more kilometres of walking. That is a considerable distance. 28,000 metres gained, despite not going up to the Jura, or doing sporty climbs this year. Simple walks, with the occasional bike ride thrown in.
In a normal year I might spend less time doing sports, but the carbbon footprint from driving to do those sports would be higher. I would also have more to write about, as I would have been exploring and discovering new places. At this rate my discoveries were books in lending libraries. I don’t mind walking. I show that I have the stamina to do a real hiking journey, rather than the loop walks. With the way the pandemic I could spend many more walks wearing out shoes going around in circles.
