Category: Switzerland
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The Decision Not to Drive For Sports On a Sunday
Reading Time: 3 minutesThis weekend I could have gone to Bellevaux for the VF, Thones for the VF, Kandersteg for the VF, and gone to Charmey, Rocher de Naye and one other places for hikes and climbing. I chose to do none of these things. My reason for this is to save money on petrol,…
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The Pleasure of Looking for New Routes
Reading Time: 3 minutesFor several years I explored every route that was walkable from my village. In the process I found loops that took up to four hours to complete. When there was no traffic they were all pleasant, whether it was wet, dry, hot, cold or windy. As cars and driving re-emerged plenty of…
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Walking to La Grotte aux Fées and Bisons
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt’s good to browse Komoot because sometimes you find nice hikes to enjoy. Today I drove towards Vallorbe and specifically Juraparc. Juraparc is a park with bisons, wolves, alpacas, goats and bears. I saw the goats, the alpacas, the bison and deer. I didn’t look for the bears and wolves. The [hike…
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Exploring with Komoot and Meetup
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt’s easy to find a group, and to do the same thing, again, and again, and again. Each year you do the same things in the same order, at the same time. It becomes routine. You get used to that routine. You don’t deviate. That’s where Komoot and Meetup come in. ##…
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CloudNeo Environmental Impact
Reading Time: 2 minutesLast year I tried Cloudneo shoes. I paid a monthly fee to use shoes that were made from beans that were processed into ‘environmentally friendly recyclable shoes’. In reality this is a con. According to an [RTS article](https://www.rts.ch/info/economie/2024/grand-format/les-chaussures-pas-si-vertes-de-on-running-et-roger-federer-28536538.html) the shoes are made from natural products, that are treated in a manner that…
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The Swiss end of FM Broadcasting
Reading Time: 2 minutesWithin the next year FM broadcasting [will come to an end in Switzerland in 2024](https://www.rts.ch/info/suisse/2024/article/la-ssr-arretera-completement-la-diffusion-radio-fm-a-la-fin-de-l-annee-28552045.html) and people with old cars are sad. So are people who want to hold on to FM for nostalgic reasons. For hobbyists it’s a shame too, because then all FM radio equipment will become obsolete as we…
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The Americanisation of Swiss Weather Forecasting
Reading Time: 3 minutesA few days ago they announced a [“cocktail météorologique explosif”](https://www.rts.ch/info/suisse/2024/article/un-cocktail-meteorologique-explosif-attendu-samedi-en-suisse-romande-alerte-meteosuisse-28553427.html) but the result I saw from my vantage point was some medium rain, and plenty of rain and thunder. The thunder was constant for quite a while. When I saw the weather warnings my fear was that we would end up with…
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CoffeeB Compost
Reading Time: 2 minutesFor several weeks I have been using CoffeeB capsules to prepare coffee in an environmentally more friendly manner. In the process I used an old ice cream box made from cardboard to store the punctured balls of seaweed coffee. It doesn’t smell at all, so you can keep it in your kitchen…
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The A1 Hallucination
Reading Time: 3 minutesI just spent over an hour driving between Morges and Nyon because someone crashed his car, and everyone else is rushing home, or away because the holidays are beginning. I bring this up because the friends of Global Warming want to expand the A1 between Nyon and Geneva, to allow for fluid…
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Watching the Weather Again
Reading Time: 2 minutesFor five years it was sunny almost every day in Switzerland. It was sunny so often that the water tables declined and village fountains dried up, as did fields. Clouds of dust could be seen rising when tractors worked the fields. It’s because of this excellent weather, for years in a row,…