Category: Swiss walks
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A 6AM Run in Morges
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis morning i woke naturally at 03:30 and headed to Morges for the 6am run. Some might think that’s early but I was fine with it. The paradox is that walking early is easy. It’s staying awake that is hard. It’s also getting to sleep at a reasonable time despite noisy…
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On Assessing a Whatsapp Community Correctly
Reading Time: 2 minutesI gave a Whatsapp Community of Communities community the benefit of the doubt for over a year, and eventually, when I saw that conversations for a town based chat were locked, except for admins overnight while I slept I quit, despite conversations being open again. I quit, first and foremost because there…
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A Ride to Morges and Back to See Tulips
Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday morning someone suggested cycling to meet a friend in Morges so I agreed, despite having been for a 7.5km run with another group from 07:00 to 08:00 the same morning. I had enough time to have lunch, and then to sprint to Gland from Nyon. I sprinted because I didn’t know…
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On Extroverts and the Stifled Online Conversation
Reading Time: 3 minutesToday I was considering joining someone’s Whatsapp Running Community until I heard the phrase “I am the only one that can write messages and I let people answer polls”. For me, as a netizen of the 90s web, this is a red flag. It is a red flag because if all you…
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On the Bike Making Geneva Local Despite Living Near Nyon
Reading Time: 6 minutesYears ago I could drive to Geneva every day, up to two times per day or more. Over a period of time they made driving more and more inconvenient. They changed road circulation patterns to create one way systems, that made direct drivers more complicated. They designed traffic lights to create, rather…
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A Bridge Too Far
Reading Time: 5 minutesYesterday I walked to a Coop shop in Nyon by foot, to shop for a day. Rather than taking the car I chose to walk down from Eysins, across the narrow, really dangerous road and bridge to get to the other side. Along the way I saw two dog walkers question whether…
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Why I Switched Away From Minimalist Shoes
Reading Time: 2 minutesDuring the pandemic I would walk from one and a half hours per day every single day of the week for months. In that time I believe that my feet swelled, making normal shoes more and more uncomfortable to wear. To be more specific. I found that the top of my foot,…
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On Noisy Viticulture
Reading Time: 2 minutesIf you drive in Geneva there are hundreds of vineyards. If you drive from Luins all the way to Leukerbad you have vineyards. In effect Switzerland has a landscape filled with wine making vineyards. Whilst they are beautiful to look at, especially as the seasons change some of them, especially near Nyon…
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The Lure of Affordable Cycling
Reading Time: 3 minutesA few days ago I noticed that the car said I had 1300km before the next service. Within a few days it said 0km until next service. Now the “service” light is on permanently. I went to the garage to book a service and I was told that the service would be…
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On Investing Time Writing a Daily Blog Post daily
Reading Time: 2 minutesFor years, spending time on social media was an investment that paid dividends. One of my UN jobs was connected directly with responding to a tweet about them looking for an archivist. Within a day I had an interview and within a few days I was working. That was back in 2014…