Tag: cycling
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Day 56 of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – A Ride Towards Storm Clouds
Reading Time: < 1 minuteToday I had a ride towards storm clouds. I was cycling in the sun but as I looked towards Geneva I could see that it was dark and grey. I questioned whether to turn around or whether to keep going. It started to rain but I was reaching the half way…
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Day 55 Of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – Long Horned Cows
Reading Time: 2 minutesLong-Horned cows are a rare treat. We usually see short-horned or even de-horned cows in Switzerland. To see longhorn cow is a treat. I took a tiny detour from my walk to get some pictures. I have walked by the field a few times before seeing them close enough to the fence…
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Day 53 Of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – Rebooting Switzerland in Safe Mode
Reading Time: 2 minutesWe’re just days away from Switzerland rebooting in Safe Mode. Rebooting in Safe mode means that children will go back to School on alternating days. Hairdressers and creches are already open. So are flower shops. When I went to the local shopping the music festival maze to get into the shops was…
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Day 50 Of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – A Floating Border Bike Ride
Reading Time: 2 minutesToday could be described as a Floating Border bike ride. During the bike ride I saw at least three or four patrols. One of these patrols had stopped a biker and were checking his papers, a second patrol was checking that the barriers were still in place. In a third case it…
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Day 34 of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – A Daily Bike Ride
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhen the Pandemic was just starting I thought that this would be perfect for a daily bike ride and I was tempted to go to the mountains and to do other things. I didn’t though, because emergency services said “Don’t monopolise our resources getting injured because we may be required to help…
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An Ingress Bike ride that passed by bisons
Reading Time: 3 minutesYesterday I went on an Ingress bike tide that passed by bison. I went from Nyon to Mies and from Mies up towards Gex, and before getting to Gex, I turned towards Divonne where I met an Ingress player before heading home, as the sun was setting. I went out in the…
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Ingress Walks – A 12km path to Level 13
Reading Time: 4 minutesI stopped playing Ingress a few years ago because of how much time it requires. I have started going on Ingress walks again – a 12km path to level 13 in yesterday’s case, because I’m combining the daily walk that I would do anyway, with listening to podcasts and audiobooks, anyway. By…
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Ingress By Bike
Reading Time: 2 minutesIngress by bike is good when you’re in the countryside because it allows you to travel between villages faster than if you were walking and without the carbon footprint of taking the car or a scooter with an internal combustion engine. It also allows you to stop anywhere. Distance Covered In two…
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Back to Cycling
Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday I went back to cycling after breaking my arm and letting it recover. My lower body is fine despite not cycling for a long time but the left arm still feels vulnerable. I could feel it when changing gears and when going over bumps. As silly as it sounds to wait…