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  • On Cancelling On-Running Cyclon membership

    On Cancelling On-Running Cyclon membership

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesOn-Running, is ideal, in theory, but sub-optimal in reality. The biggest issue I found with On-Running CloudNeo shoes is that they are seasonal running shoes. If it’s icy or wet you’re going to slip and slide all over the place. If you’re a former snowboarder and cyclist you will recover, but if…

  • No Desire For My Daily Walk

    No Desire For My Daily Walk

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesFor years, or even decades, I have gone for daily walks. For years I have enjoyed them and for years it felt like freedom. Since a dog charged at me, and nearly bit me in Autumn last year, and since cars are in the habit of driving too fast and too close,…

  • Replacing a WD Thunderbolt Duo Drive with an ICY BOX

    Replacing a WD Thunderbolt Duo Drive with an ICY BOX

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesWhile consolidating all of my files and deleting triplicates of files I came across my thunderbolt Duo Drive. The issue is that the drive uses thunderbolt two ports and these are nowhere to be found. To be more specific it’s seen as a DVI display port by everyone but Apple for a…

  • Melissa The Frustrated Bee

    Melissa The Frustrated Bee

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteImagine, you’re a bee. You stop off at the local watering drinking hole but you fall in. All the pollen that you collected in the morning is now lost. It is now in the swimming pool where you had stopped for a quiet sip. Life would have been over, if not…

  • The Predictably Irrational Daily Blog Post

    The Predictably Irrational Daily Blog Post

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThere is no reason to write a blog post every day. I don’t have things to say daily but I try to write anyway. I have no interesting photos to share today. Tomorrow I may be more inspired. It’s also because I don’t have two hours to devote to writing a…

  • Walk The Distance – PCT 94 Percent Done

    Walk The Distance – PCT 94 Percent Done

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteOn the 10th of May 2023 I started walking the PCT virtually and now I am 94 percent done. I have about 300 kilometres left to walk and I will have completed the entire distance. Some of it was covered walking and some of it was covered while walking. Of course…

  • Playing With Light

    Playing With Light

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteA coquille St Jaqcues using a glass of coke and the sun.

  • Spot the Heron

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteCan you spot the Heron? [![A heron fishing in Javea — A heron fishing in Javea](https:/www.main-vision.com/richard/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_2304-1-225×300.jpg){.alignnone}](https:/www.main-vision.com/richard/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_2304-1-225×300.jpg)

  • Bear Spray will work on any mammal with eyes.

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    Reading Time: < 1 minutehttps://www.advnture.com/features/does-bear-spray-work-on-wolves I was curious about whether bear spray or pepper spray would be good to carry, now that wolves are common, and being spotted by skiers, hikers, and dameuse drivers (Dameuse are ski piste tractors that repair the pistes while people enjoy Après Ski drinks.

  • Exhausted by Noise Pollution

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteYesterday the drive was easy. 12-13 hours of easy driving with good road conditions. The exhaustion came from having neighbours that start making noise at 20:00 so the “early bed time” you planned is ruined. I woke at 0230 and by 0330 I was driving for 12hrs straight. If I had…