Category: Swiss walks
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Day 55 Of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – Long Horned Cows
Reading Time: 2 minutesLong-Horned cows are a rare treat. We usually see short-horned or even de-horned cows in Switzerland. To see longhorn cow is a treat. I took a tiny detour from my walk to get some pictures. I have walked by the field a few times before seeing them close enough to the fence…
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Day 52 Of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – More Cows, and Cascading Style Sheets
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhile some of us have gone fifty-two days without being within two meters of another person due to the pandemic others walk side by side down country lanes, forcing those walking alone to make the decision of whether to risk infecting the vulnerable couple or stepping off the road and waiting under…
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Day 51 Of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – Only Two People At A Time
Reading Time: 2 minutesToday I went in to a shop without knowing that the limit was two people at a time. Paradoxically there were not two but five people in the shop because if you’re a parent with a child you’re allowed to be two, so there were four people. I saw no sign on…
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Day 48 Of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – Calves And Their Mothers
Reading Time: 2 minutesDuring today’s walk I saw calves and their mothers. Their mothers were mooing me away but I was taking video so I didn’t move until one after another started to approach me. By then I had the footage I wanted to have. I had a strong fence fixed with wooden posts and…
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Day 47 Of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – A Walk In The Rain
Reading Time: 3 minutesYesterday I went for a walk in the rain. I walked for two hours, took pictures and listened to Echo Der Zeit and this episode of the Thru-Hiking podcast. Gretel Scarlet was the interviewee. She talked about South Bound (SOBO) hiking the PCT. It’s interesting to see how different her attitude was…
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Day 45 Of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – The Need For Outdoor Exercise.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis aftrnoon reminded me of the need for outdoor exercise. I was feeling lazy and unmotivated to go outdoors. I thought that the rain would come back during my walk, as it did during my scooter ride, and as it did yesterday. I checked the weather app and I saw that we…
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Day Four of Orca in Switzerland – Exploring the Trail Less Travelled
Reading Time: 3 minutesToday is Day Four of Orca in Switzerland and I saw that the Canton in which I live has the most active cases of COVID19 so my motivation both to go to shops and to go for walks has taken a hit. At the same time I don’t know whether it’s COVID…
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The 298 Km Walking and Running Challenge
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…
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The March Walking Challenge
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…
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The Walk from Paquis to Decathlon/Mediamarkt
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe walk from Paquis to Decathlon can be almost straight if you take the most direct route. You walk from anywhere in Paquis to the train station and from there you head up towards Balexert and from there you head along the cycle and walking paths that veer slightly to the…