Tag: driving
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The Cost of Cycling and Driving
Reading Time: 2 minutesHave you ever considered the difference in cost between cycling and driving a petrol car? Of course you have, and so have I. Yesterday I was reminded of how expensive cars are. I think that the last time I used the petrol car was to change to summer tyres. It has been…
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On the Irony of Expensive Cars
Reading Time: 3 minutesA few weeks ago two individuals in a car yelled abuse at a group of us who were cycling. They were mad that a cyclist did not pull in for them to pass easily. At this point I thought "Despair is not sat on a bench as in the proverb, he is…
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The Strong Desire Not To Drive Others
Reading Time: 2 minutesI am still really tempted to take the train to Jaun Dorf rather than the car. There are two reasons for this. The first is that the route is easy by train. It’s two trains, and a bus. The second reason is that I don’t save any time on the way up,…
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Tempted to Camp in Gruyère
Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday while I was looking for a Via Ferrata I came across this hike and I am tempted to do it. I will be in the area to do this hike on Saturday and if I camped overnight then I could do the second hike as a solo hike. The reason not…
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Reading Time: 2 minutesToday I drove to Geneva, with the intention of going to a coworking event. In the end I skipped it. Usually when I plan to participate in something like this I go at the start time, rather than at some point during the day. I broke with my routine so I was…
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On Not Driving People for Free
Reading Time: 3 minutesYears ago I would drive people to and from glocals activities for free. A diving friend of mine had excellent service. I drove to his home to pick him up, and then drive to dive sites. One day I decided that I wanted to go for a hike with a group, rather…
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What was the last thing you searched for online? Why were you looking for it?
Reading Time: 2 minutesAs a follow up to yesterday’s blog post the last thing that I searched for was the travel times between Nyon and Le Pont, the train time between Le Pont and Vallorbe and the driving time between Le Pont and Moléson-Sur-Gruyère and the time for a little détour to pick someone up…
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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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Fleeting Nine Hundred and Sixty Kilometre Range
Reading Time: < 1 minute[{.alignnone}](/richard/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_3360-300×225.jpg) For a brief instance I saw that I had a 960km range with the car. It was brief because as soon as I accelerated above a certain speed the reading went down to a normal reading. It would have been nice to have such a long…
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The Desire for a Road Trip
Reading Time: 4 minutesAlmost every time I get into the car I wish I was going on a road trip. I wish I was driving from point A to point B and that the drive would take hours, rather than minutes. As much as I hate “commuting” between point A and point B on a…