Category: travel
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The Skipped Walk Due to Air Pollution
Reading Time: 2 minutesToday is an unusual day. Originally I had planed to walk over one thousand meters up the Jura, before realising that I had too little sleep, so I decided to sleep a little more, do laundry, write a blog post and then eat lunch. Lazy After lunch I didn’t feel like going…
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Playing With the Switzerland Mobility App
Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday I was planning to walk from Nyon to La Barillette but rather than take the usual route that takes me via a set of cabins where there is sometimes a dog I wanted to try an alternate route. In the end I used the Switzerland Mobility app and website because I…
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500 Kilometres with the Trail Glove 7
Reading Time: 2 minutesI really like the Trail Glove 7. I have walked and run in them for over 500 kilometres and so far they are still relatively fine. the soles wore out where my feet apply the most pressure to the ground but other than that they’re fine. The top is without holes, without…
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Charging A Garmin Instinct With an External Solar Panel
Reading Time: < 1 minuteYesterday, out of curiousity I experimented. I charged both the Garmin Instinct Solar and the Garmin 45s with a solar panel. The first thing I noticed is that they were using 0.1 amps to charge, rather than 1, 2 or more amps of power. Until this experiment I had never considered…
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Films I Watched
Reading Time: 3 minutesFor years I didn’t watch many films but recently the habit has returned. Blood and Gold I am used to watching English or French films about the First and Second World War but recently I watched Blood and Gold, in German, with English subtitles. It’s interesting to watch a German film rather…
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In Need of a Rest Day
Reading Time: 2 minutesToday I went for a 12km walk over two hours in 26°c heat. According to the Suunto 5 Peak I have depleted my resources. I am at just three percent now. I need a proper night of sleep and some rest to recover. Productive Training According to the Suunto app I am…
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Running in Trail Glove 7 and Thoughts on The Venu 3
Reading Time: 2 minutesFor the second time in a few days I ran over five kilometres in the Trail Glove 7 shoes without my knees or other parts of my body suffering. With other shoes I would have stopped after two kilometres but for some reason I can run further with Trail Glove 7 Fewer…
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Autumn is Coming
Reading Time: 3 minutesAutumn, not winter, is coming. A week or two ago I noticed that a tree was changing from Green to red, as the leaves began to turn from Spring and Summer mode to Autumn and Winter mode. I noticed that the trees as you enter and leave Cheserex are also beginning to…
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The Infomaniak Mail App
Reading Time: < 1 minuteLast night I came across the Infomaniak Mail App and began to play with it. It’s a simple app that allows you to read infomaniak mails from their own mail app rather than others. The one thing that I miss is swiping right or left to go to the next or…
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Reverting to a Single Watch
Reading Time: 3 minutesToday I asked Google Bard whether I should wear two watches at a time and it told me not to. Specifically it told me not to wear a Garmin watch, and a Suunto watch at the same time as they may interferer with each other and more. Before the Apple Watch I…