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  • Pretending To Be The Invisible Man

    Pretending To Be The Invisible Man

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesIf you’re wearing a mask, glasses, a hat, and have a fleece that covers your neck you look like the invisible man. I have been thinking about that recently, as I look at my reflection. Imagine if I was completely transparent. Pandemic times would be an excellent moment to hide that we’ve…

  • Sailing, Paddle Boarding, Wind Surfing and A Heron

    Sailing, Paddle Boarding, Wind Surfing and A Heron

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  • A Walk In Spain

    A Walk In Spain

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesWe cannot always walk around in circles during a pandemic around where we live. I spent over a year walking around in circles near home in Switzerland but this Christmas I travelled. I didn’t travel because I wanted to. I travelled because sometimes we need to see family. I also travelled to…

  • Playing With Google Maps And Apple Maps

    Playing With Google Maps And Apple Maps

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesA few days ago I was driving from Switzerland to Spain via France when Google Maps told me to get off the motorway and drive on normal roads. When it made this mistake I switched to Apple maps, and was not led astray again. Google Maps leading me astray was a surprise.…

  • Reading About Hiking While Charging A Watch

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteToday I sat in the sun to charge my watch. I kept my left wrist facing the sun. My right wrist was employed in keeping a kindle in place, reading. My goal was to get the watch to go up by one day of charge and it worked. I wouldn’t sit…

  • A Solar Powered Watch in Spain

    A Solar Powered Watch in Spain

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesIf you were a solar powered watch would you prefer sunny Switzerland or sunny Spain? Luckily my watch has now tried both. The watch likes that you walk with your watch wrist facing the sun and the wrist without a watch to be on the shady side. I know this is not…

  • Twelve hour drive.

    Twelve hour drive.

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteI drove twelve hours today. For the first part I had snow falling and salt machines, and for the second part I had strong winds. I am now tired. This reads more like a tweet than a blog post.

  • From A Spanish to A Swiss Autumn

    From A Spanish to A Swiss Autumn

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen I left for Spain Switzerland was just starting to turn Autumnal. Today, when I looked around I could see that Autumn has arrived properly in Switzerland. In Spain the sun is still warm enough for t-shirt wearing and swimming. The sun is still strong enough to change our chrominance. Yesterday I…

  • Walking Without Masks During a Pandemic

    Walking Without Masks During a Pandemic

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesFor many people walking without masks during a pandemic is normal. This is confusing. We have known for months, or even seasons that the virus is airborne and that masks are a simple way to keep safe. Despite this people walk by the seaside without masks. It’s not just that they walk…

  • Dismantling A Crane

    Dismantling A Crane

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteHave you seen someone walking along the gantry of a crane to detach the counterweight for a crane? I did. Today. He was clipped in, as you would assume but I am unclear as to whether he went clack clack like we do on via ferrata. Would you want to do…