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  • The 298 Km Walking and Running Challenge

    The 298 Km Walking and Running Challenge

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesThe 298 Km walking and Running Challenge is now ten days old and I’ve managed to run or walk the required distance every day. Yesterday rather than walk I decided to run despite the rain. As a result, a pair of my hiking trousers are now nicely covered in mud. I walked…

  • Fitness Centres and the Corona Virus

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesI have been thinking of climbing gyms, in other words of fitness centres and the Corona Virus. A few years ago I went to a gym where we wiped down every machine after use. We would get a paper towel, spray it with liquid and clean all the surfaces we touched. This…

  • Of AirPods – useful and simple

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesWhat do you have to say about AirPods? I see them as useful and simple. I have tried earphones, headphones, and Bluetooth variants. With some earphones, I found that they hurt my ears. With others, I found that they slipped out too easily. With yet more, I found that the noise cancellation…

  • Blogging And Digital Minimalism

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesBlogging and Digital Minimalism are related. Blogging is about finding a topic and focusing on it for an extended period of time. Social media has shifted from being a conversation between individuals to one where personalities broadcast, and their audience is ignored. When I saw an article, read a book, or had…

  • Approaching Day 180 In a Row of Learning German

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesI am approaching Day 180 in a row of learning German and I finally progressed to the emerald league on Monday. In my previous post, I wrote of the futility of striving to achieve the Apple Activity challenges. I see the Duolingo challenges in a different light. When learning a language it’s…

  • The March Walking Challenge

    The March Walking Challenge

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesI’m on the Apple Activities March Walking Challenge this month. The app has decided that I must walk or run 298 kilometres. It’s an average of 9.6 kilometres a day. This is both easy and challenging at the same time. Walking 10 kilometres takes about two hours. When I had a broken…

  • Books I Am Reading.

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesI usually read several books at a time. This is because I start books but find that my interest is drawn to another topic. As these are usually factual books I can afford to take a break from one book and return to it later. The Aeronaut: Travels in the Air I…

  • A Homemade Electric Car – Youtube Video

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesOn one side of the Channel, you have people like Colin Furze building fun machines that have the fatal flaw of having an internal combustion engine. On the other side of the Channel, you have people like Marc Gyver building an electric car with easily bought components. The video below shows the…

  • Interdependence – An environmental film in eleven parts

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesLast night I went to see Interdependence, an environmental film in eleven parts. It is a collection of short films that explore environmental themes around the topics of air, water, and earth. When I watched one part it reminded me of Les Vacances de Mr Hulot, a french film from 1953. It…

  • An Ingress Bike ride that passed by bisons

    An Ingress Bike ride that passed by bisons

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesYesterday I went on an Ingress bike tide that passed by bison. I went from Nyon to Mies and from Mies up towards Gex, and before getting to Gex, I turned towards Divonne where I met an Ingress player before heading home, as the sun was setting. I went out in the…