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  • Relaxing Cows – The Right Crowd To Be With During A Pandemic

    Relaxing Cows – The Right Crowd To Be With During A Pandemic

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesDuring a pandemic it makes sense to go to the mountains and it makes sense to walk where you have space to the left and right to keep social distancing. Today I saw the cows near St Cergue and they were all sitting and relaxing, chewing the cud, waiting for the tourist…

  • Rain and Water Tables

    Rain and Water Tables

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesThere is an article on Swiss Radio and Television that discusses the positive impact that the flooding has had on the water tables. For several years not only have we had warm weather but we have also gone with very little or no rain for months at a time. During some weeks…

  • Ignored by Sunflowers

    Ignored by Sunflowers

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesThe title of this post is a joke, not a serious delusion of isolation. I saw that a few sunflowers had come out but that they were looking away, rather than towards me. They are looking at the morning sun and I was walking in the afternoon. They are still in the…

  • Solitary Bike Rides

    Solitary Bike Rides

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesTwo weeks ago, it looked as though next summer we could be out of the pandemic. This weekend, it looks as though the pandemic will never end. Every single time Europe looks as if it has a chance of ending the pandemic, it breaks for either Christmas or the Summer holiday. Every…

  • Home Before The Storm

    Home Before The Storm

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesOne of the games I like to play is to look at the weather app and see when the rain is scheduled to arrive. I then estimate whether I will make it home before the rain. I took rain stuff just in case, to keep electronics etc dry but I don’t mind…

  • Justified Self-Isolation

    Justified Self-Isolation

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesIt is important to know that you are in Justified Self-Isolation. Over the last three or four days I have felt like an idiot for self-isolating, but I now see that this is entirely justified. The R number for some canton went from 0.70 or so up to 1.4 or higher in…

  • An Entire Day Of Rain

    An Entire Day Of Rain

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesDue to the lack of rain for a few years, and the lack of opportunities to socialise through sporting activities, I look forward to rain. Yesterday we were lucky. We got an entire day’s worth of rain. I didn’t leave the flat for the entire day and I still slept fine. Just…

  • Recycling Without A Mask

    Recycling Without A Mask

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday I went to recycle. Two weeks ago when I went, everyone was wearing a mask. Yesterday when I went all the masks are gone. I was the only person wearing one. Within the last day or two the Swiss government has told people that they can walk around without a mask,…

  • A View of The Lake Léman and the Mont Blanc

    A View of The Lake Léman and the Mont Blanc

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  • The Romans on Twitter

    The Romans on Twitter

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesOver a few months I have seen that tweeting about the Romans is growing in frequency. The accounts that I see are tweeting about Roman Britain. They share images of mosaics, digs and new discoveries. It is a way to follow archeology and Ancient history in a modern context. By following tweets…