Category: Swiss walks
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Seventy Kilometres Later – Adapting to Barefoot Shoes
Reading Time: 2 minutesI walk from three to fie million steps per year. In doing so I wear through shoes and through socks every six months or less. It makes sense that I would experiment with barefoot shoes since I spend so much time walking. The Experience Initially I tried the Vapor Glove 6 and…
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Vapor and Trail Gloves After Twenty Kilometres
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe easiest sport to practice every day is walking. We can walk to the bus stop, train station or other places every single day. We can walk in the morning, we can walk at the shops, and we can walk at lunch time or in the evening. All of these walking opportunities…
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The Unedited Podcast
Reading Time: 2 minutesThere was a time when I wanted to listen to hours of podcasts a day, and I did. I would listen on my walks, on my commutes to work, while driving and more. I would love listening to podcasts so much that I would wish I had more time to spend on…
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Minimal Walking – Day 2
Reading Time: 2 minutesI went for a walk with the barefoot shoes for a second day in a row. I didn’t regret it. I need to pay more attention to how I walk, specifically I need to make sure not to slam my heel into the ground with each step and this takes focus, muscle…
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On Mastodon Niches
Reading Time: 2 minutesMastodon is a federated social network where people can join a server, based on their interests in tech and more. Most people join the servers that are open and easy to join but in doing so we have communities that grow, without becoming communal. I am on at least three different Mastodon…
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The Wastefulness of Mobile First Design
Reading Time: 2 minutesFor a few years now I have noticed a worrying trend, one that sees content become so sparse on a web page that you see one tweet or facebook post per screen height. Before mobile first design, and the proliferation of React websites you would find pages that had twenty to thirty…
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Colza, Sheep, Metamorphosis and Mindfulness
Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday I took a picture of brilliantly yellow Colza with the Jura looking dark due to storm clouds overhead. If you walk at this time of year you will see a lot of cola. At the moment it is brilliantly yellow and at it’s prime. Later on, the colza will be passed…
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Thirty Seven thousand Kilometres later
Reading Time: 3 minutesI have had the same scooter for about 37,000 kilometres and yesterday I finally decided to sell it off, after years of frequent use. I sold it off because whereas the usual service was about 270 CHF the quote for the latest service was 500 CHF. This wouldn’t be so bad as…
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The Sound of Bells and the Smell of Colza
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhat do you hear and smell when you go for a walk in Vaud at this time of year? You hear the sound of cowbells and you hear the sound of cows mooing. I like the sound of cow bells A few days ago I could hear mooing from a distance. As…
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The Curious Step Miscount Due to Walking Sticks
Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday I walked with hiking sticks and whereas one watch told me that I had 13,000 steps, or so, the other said I had 9000. It is the second time that I notice such a difference in step count. The first time I noticed this issue was a few days ago, after…