Author: richard
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Day 71 of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – An Ingress Mission despite Lockdown.
Reading Time: 2 minutesTwo nights ago we did an Ingress Mission Despite Lockdown. This was a Franco-Swiss Mission to create a field over Geneva. Normally with Ingress missions people would drive tens, or even hundreds of kilometres to capture and link portals but this time was different. We all stayed in our little corners and…
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The Walking Paradox
Reading Time: 2 minutesToday I noticed how quiet the world, or at least the area in which I was walking, was. I saw very few cars, very few people walking, and very little noise from other people. This doesn’t mean that people weren’t out and about. Although my route was for the most part deserted…
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A Fourteen Kilometre walk and I Crossed Paths With Just Two Other People.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteToday I went for a fourteen Kilometre walk and I crossed paths with just two other people. It was a couple of runners and we crossed paths at just the right place as I could slip into a clearing, wait for them to pass and then continue on my way. I…
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Day 65 of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – Coping with Solitude
Reading Time: 3 minutesCoping with solitude is one of the challenges that we, people who live alone, are going to become familiar with. It’s 65 days since I’ve had skin to skin contact, sixty-five days since I’ve given or received a hug. It’s sixty-five days since I’ve had a meal with anyone. Happiness, whilst entirely…
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Day 64 of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – “When I’m 64”
Reading Time: 3 minutesEarlier today or yesterday at some point I was thinking of the song When I’m 64, and that I should share it. I’m not 64. Quarantine hasn’t aged me so drastically. I felt the need to make that joke. Recycling For the first time in two months I went to the recycling…
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Day 63 of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – A 15 Kilometre Loop
Reading Time: 2 minutesToday I walked a 15-kilometre loop because I saw people walking two abreast and decided to retrace my steps a short distance before trying a new bifurcation. By the end of this walk, my legs were starting to get tired. I walked non stop for over two hours before a quick stop…
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Day 60 of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – The Sixtieth Day of Solitude.
Reading Time: 3 minutesIt’s the sixtieth day of solitude for some of us and if we look at Twitter we see that people in other countries are suffering. One person spoke of the dark dog whilst another expressed distress. A third expresses another emotion. Around the world we see people suffering and trying to cope…
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Day 59 of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – Thunder As I Got Home
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFor once I walked in the drizzle, rather than the rain but I could hear thunder as I got home. I have almost reading Thirst: 2600 Miles to Home during this walk. Poetically I was listening to her about walking with a storm on its way whilst a storm was thundering…