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  • Zen and the art of Fishing Leaves Out of a Pool

    Zen and the art of Fishing Leaves Out of a Pool

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesWhile I was in Spain I spent hours by the pool. Due to it being winter, rather than Spring or Summer I wasn’t going into the pool or sunbathing. I was fishing out leaves that had accumulated over a period of months. The bottom of the pool had been filled with a…

  • Lost Streaks

    Lost Streaks

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesOn Saturday I drove for twelve and a half hours and felt exhausted by the time I got home. I didn’t write a blog post so I lost my 480 day blogging streak, and I didn’t read using the Kindle app so I lost my Kindle reading streak. In the end losing…

  • A Long Drive in the Rain

    A Long Drive in the Rain

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteYesterday I went for a long drive in the rain. I drove from an hour from Valencia back to Switzerland with rain along most of the journey, and rain. The rain was sometimes falling so heavily that I had to slow down to see. At other moments the rain was light…

  • Tomorrow I Have a Long Drive

    Tomorrow I Have a Long Drive

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteTomorrow, once again I will go for a long drive. We will see how well I cope with it. In theory I will be comfortable, as I was on the outward journey.

  • A Fishing Heron in Javea/Xabia

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteA Heron Fishing in Spain – [![IMG_3124](https:/www.main-vision.com/richard/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_3124-300×225.jpg){.alignnone}](https:/www.main-vision.com/richard/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_3124-300×225.jpg “myset0_1 “) – [![A Fishing Heron in Javea/Xabia — A Fishing Heron in Javea/Xabia](https:/www.main-vision.com/richard/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_3125-300×225.jpg){.alignnone}](https:/www.main-vision.com/richard/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_3125-300×225.jpg “myset0_1 A Fishing Heron in Javea/Xabia”) [![A Fishing Heron in Javea/Xabia — A Fishing Heron in Javea/Xabia](https:/www.main-vision.com/richard/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_3124-300×225.jpg){.alignnone}](https:/www.main-vision.com/richard/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_3124-300×225.jpg)

  • A Day With Little Walking

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteSome days I walk from one village to five others before going home. Other times I walk five hundred meters. Walking 500 meters is extremely rare for me. I usually always walk for one and a half to two hours.

  • View of Javea

    View of Javea

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    Reading Time: < 1 minute[![View of Javea — View of Javea](https:/www.main-vision.com/richard/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_2759-225×300.jpeg){.alignnone}](https:/www.main-vision.com/richard/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_2759-225×300.jpeg)

  • A Man Ridding a Donkey in Spain

    A Man Ridding a Donkey in Spain

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteA man ridding a donkey in spain.

  • A Spanish View

    A Spanish View

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteA view of Calpe and the Peñon De Ifach from [Portixol](https://maps.app.goo.gl/pvNojwsPmUVta29x6) [![View of Calpe from Portixol — View of Calpe from Portixol](https:/www.main-vision.com/richard/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/IMG_2581-300×225.jpg){.alignnone}](https:/www.main-vision.com/richard/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/IMG_2581-300×225.jpg)

  • Audiobookshelf and Driving

    Audiobookshelf and Driving

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesIn an ideal world I would use Audiobookshelf when I’m driving tomorrow. In the real world I can’t, or at least shouldn’t. The reason for this is simple. There is no iOS app which, in turn, means that there is no car play app. Combined this means that if I want to…