Author: richard
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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…
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Day 46 Of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – Contemplating A Walk In The Rain
Reading Time: 3 minutesIt’s raining hard today and I’m still contemplating a walk in the rain. It should allow for some different photographs than usual. If I go to the motorway then I can photograph the vortices of wind behind trucks dragging up water from the road. If I go for my daily walk when…
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Day 45 Of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – The Need For Outdoor Exercise.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis aftrnoon reminded me of the need for outdoor exercise. I was feeling lazy and unmotivated to go outdoors. I thought that the rain would come back during my walk, as it did during my scooter ride, and as it did yesterday. I checked the weather app and I saw that we…
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Day 44 of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – A Zwift session
Reading Time: 2 minutesToday the weather was rainy so I had a Zwift session. I decided to cycle the Yorkshire circuit. Cycling indoors is not as exciting as you don’t see as much. I listened to a hiking podcast but I didn’t pay much attention to the Zwift interface for at least the first fifteen…
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Day 43 of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – Caught Outdoors During a Thunderstorm
Reading Time: 2 minutesToday I was caught outdoors during a thunderstorm but rather than run to shelter or rush home I continued taking a timelapse video of some flowers. According to the apps we were meant to get some rain at 1800 so I expected it to be short lived. This didn’t stop my clothes…
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Day 42 of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – A Few Minutes of Rain
Reading Time: 3 minutesToday at around lunchtime we had a few minutes of rain for the first time in weeks but it didn’t last long. By the time I went out for my daily walk the ground was dry, as if it hadn’t rained at all. There was no mud to walk through so I…
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Day 41 of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – Reverse Journey
Reading Time: 3 minutesToday I ran and then walked a reverse journey of what I did yesterday. I wanted to take a picture of the corkscrew tree. It would have required for me to wait for two slow walkers and their dog to pass and because they insisted on walking two abreast it made more…
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Day 40 of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – Local Adventures
Reading Time: 3 minutesFor this 40th blog post on the topic of self-isolation, I’d like to speak about local adventures. I feel the need to do this because I see people posting about their trips to someone two to three hours from live and work during a pandemic and I strongly believe that getting into…