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I am a media asset manager, camera operator and more. I hike, cycle and climb in my free time. During the COVID-19 pandemic I am blogging on a daily basis to keep a record for future generations.

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  • Day Twenty-Two of ORCA in Switzerland – The Company of Cats

    Reading Time: 3 minutesToday during my walk this afternoon I surprised a cat on some stairs and I moved patiently. It brushed up against me so I started to stroke it. During this pandemic the only living things I have had physical contact with are cats. During a pandemic, if you’re not living with people,…

  • Day Twenty-One of ORCA in Switzerland – A Morning Walk

    Reading Time: 3 minutesI had a morning walk this morning because I found that there are too many people to avoid during my afternoon walks. During my morning walk I took images of flowering plants, bees collecting pollen from flowers, roses budding and Apple orchards getting ready to blossom. During the walk I also listened…

  • Day Twenty of ORCA in Switzerland – An Island of Tranquility

    Reading Time: 2 minutesToday I went on my daily walk and found an island of tranquility. Instead of walking in one direction I reversed it. In doing so I saw the river from another point of view. I was on a trail and saw that I could get down to the riverbed and did. I…

  • Day Nineteen of ORCA in Switzerland – TGIF

    Reading Time: 3 minutesDo you have that TGIF feeling like no one else does? In theory today is the day when people are happy, knowing that the weekend is about to start and they can do the things they love for the next two days. In this context though, that is unlikely. We’re meant to…

  • Day Eighteen of ORCA in Switzerland – Plumbing and Scuba Diving.

    Reading Time: 2 minutesPlumbing and scuba diving are not unrelated. If you understand o-rings and pipe/hose connections then you’ll be fine. I dismantled a system, cleaned it, and then reassembled it, checked for leaks and then ran the tap to see if all was well. Once I saw that everything was indeed well, I struggled…

  • Day Seventeen of ORCA in Switzerland – April Fool’s During Self Isolation

    Reading Time: 3 minutesApril Fool’s during self isolation is not fun. People made jokes about how our freedoms would be limited even further. In ordinary situations those jokes would be detected but because we have the freedom to get food, go for walks, and sit at home we have no other rewards as such. One…

  • Day Sixteen of ORCA in Switzerland – Pandemic Solitude

    Reading Time: 2 minutesI was writing a Facebook post when I thought of the term Pandemic Solitude and I love it so much that I wanted to use it as a title for today’s blog post. For most people during the pandemic the order is, stay with the people you live with but avoid being…

  • Day Fifteen of ORCA in Switzerland – Pandemic Fatigue

    Reading Time: 2 minutesNow that we’re in week 5 of self-isolation and Day fifteen of ORCA I am getting pandemic fatigue. As it’s Monday I could make the effort of going to the shops to get fresh food rather than deplete the reserves I have but my motivation is not there. It has come cold…

  • Day Fourteen of Orca in Switzerland – Simulating An Epidemic

    Reading Time: 3 minutesThis morning I watched the Simulating an epidemic and it’s interesting. The person is not an expert. He played with various models to show how epidemics spread over a period of time when variables such as infectiousness, social distancing, quarantining and other variables are implemented. If one hundred percent of people self-isolate…

  • Day Thirteen of Orca in Switzerland – Reaching Goals

    Reading Time: 3 minutesLife during a Pandemic is quite the existential challenge so reaching goals is good. Today I walked the last two kilometres to reach the March challenge goal of walking 298.8Km. In ordinary times this would be a great achievement but during a pandemic, it’s even more interesting. Although it might seem superficial…