Category: observation
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I went up the Cumbre Del Sol
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI went up the Cumbre Del Sol in half an hour two days ago
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Rivers of Cars and Soft Mobility
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe biggest improvement you can make to walking and cycling mobility is to avoid having cyclists, and pedestrians blocked by car traffic. This can include traffic lights but also busy roads where it is impossible to cross. If you’re on a walk, or a bike ride, and you get blocked by cars,…
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A Walk in Night Fog
Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday morning I woke and looked out of a window and saw fog. For some, the reaction is "oh zut alors" as we think that we’re in for several weeks of being under the clouds, with the mountains as a weekend escape from a sun deprived time spent in fog. An Indirect…
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Golden Hour Walk
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen it is rainy and overcast going for a walk at sunset is not rational. On a sparsely cloudy day this makes a lot of sense. On a day where the sun is shining, to go for a walk at sunset, is an opportunity to see golden hour colours. Last night that’s…
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Walking Into Night
Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday I was asked why I went to an ice rink, to stand around while people skated. The reason is that I wanted to go for my daily walk while the sun, or at least daylight, was still around. If I had set off later, then I would have been caught by…
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On Teens and the Fediverse Opportunity
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn Australia, and England, and Ireland, and Switzerland there are talks, in some cases that are being implemented that seak to block children and teens from using the Social Media Giants. "As of December 2025, the Australian social media ban specifically targets major commercial platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Threads, TikTok,…
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The Garmin End of Year Summary
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Garmin Connect End of year summary is currently available, and updating daily. The stats are quite interesting, Despite cycling as much as I did Garmin says that I took 3.8 million steps this year and that in March I took 486,000 steps. That’s when I was hiking a lot. Activities…