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Category: Swiss walks

  • The Arches

    The Arches

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesIf you are looking for a sport easy walk with a little scrambling, walk to the rock arches. Two holes have been eroded into the rock providing two natural arches. You can walk up to both arches but it’s better to go on a quiet day. This place is not a good…

  • People Walking Along The Sea

    People Walking Along The Sea

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteI can’t focus when I am not in my usual writing spot, so I am not bothering. I finally get to enjoy a few hours of rain after long periods without. I still want to see rain in Switzerland but for that I need to be in Switzerland. I also have…

  • A Rainy Day And Masks

    A Rainy Day And Masks

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    Reading Time: < 1 minutePlenty of rain today. Plenty of people wear masks, both outdoors and indoors. You also see people wearing masks on television.

  • Entering Twenty One Degree Water

    Entering Twenty One Degree Water

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteFor most people over 20 degrees air temperature and twenty one degree water is okay. I struggle. I like water to be warm. I like to be warm before I go in. I like to know that when I get out I will still be warm. Today with a little effort…

  • Another Walk By The Mediterranean.

    Another Walk By The Mediterranean.

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteOne treat of being in Spain is that some people do wear masks when walking outdoors. You are normal for wearing a mask. In Switzerland you are looked at as if you are eccentric or absurd. It is nice not to be looked at as a curiousity. It is nice to…

  • A Walk By The Mediterranean.

    A Walk By The Mediterranean.

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteHave you walked by the Mediterranean recently? I walked by it today. It was blue and Green, turquoise and red. The sea was calm and a sailing boat or two set off to sail from one place to another.

  • Spain During A Pandemic

    Spain During A Pandemic

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    Reading Time: < 1 minutePeople wear masks as they walk and do waiters. This is nice. It’s nice to see people wearing masks during a pandemic. It’s nice not to feel like an outlier. It’s nice not to feel eccentric for mask wearing. I went for my first swim in at least two years. I…

  • Twelve Hours Of Focus

    Twelve Hours Of Focus

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteToday I drove for twelve hours with hardly any breaks and finished two books. Twilight of Democracy and Almost Human. These were good books to read during a drive because they are both entertaining and informative. They are also well read. I think my day of rest yesterday helped too. 12…

  • A Queue of Tractors Without Drivers

    A Queue of Tractors Without Drivers

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesToday I saw a queue of tractors without drivers. Tractors with trailers full of beat were parked by the on loading dock at the railway siding. There is a machine. The tractors come up to the machine, back, and then start to pour the sugar beet into it. The machine then transports…

  • Thoughts On Long Drives

    Thoughts On Long Drives

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesThe most I drove was 3600 kilometres in four days. I went to Western France, Barcelona, back to Western France, and then back to Switzerland. It was an average of 800 kilometres a day. About two or three hours from home I was so tired of driving that I stopped at an…