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  • Vision Du Réel – La Muraille

    Vision Du Réel – La Muraille

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesOver 107 years ago when the disease was not yet understood and under control when someone fell sick with leprosy they would be sent out of society to live alone in caves to avoid the spread of their affliction. It’s only later that the disease was understood and became treatable. The documentary…

  • A Knackered Feeling

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesFor two days I rode twenty five kilometres, which, by my standards, are quite small rides. Today I rode with a group and for a while I was fine but then, when I climbed from Nyon towards Duillier I began to feel that I was fatigued. I slowed down and I couldn’t…

  • On Rest Days

    On Rest Days

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesDoing the Via Ferrata(VF) on Sunday, and then hiking down was physical. For a start, I was doing a Via Ferrata, something that I have done once, before, within the last six or seven years. The hike down was also quite physical. Combined the VF and the hike tired me. ## 62 Hours of…

  • The First WHO/Europe Indoor Air Conference

    The First WHO/Europe Indoor Air Conference

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday we could watch the conference live stream of the first indoor air quality conference. It was available in French, German, Russian and English. The link is to the English language version. This is an interesting conference to have because, as two or more speakers highlighted, we spend up to 80 percent…

  • A Ride in 35° Heat

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    Reading Time: 4 minutesYesterday I spent time in the sun in the morning, as a result of which I thought I would avoid going out in the heatwave. I changed my mind. Every Sunday a group of pétanque playing alcoholics play pétanque for several hours. They cheer, they laugh, they make noise, for hours in…

  • Running Again

    Running Again

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesAt the start of this year I started running again. This wasn’t a new year’s resolution. I just decided that I wanted to start running, so I did. For five years I have been walking around in circles. Some take me above the A1 motorway and others take me below it. The…

  • Playing With The Aranet 4

    Playing With The Aranet 4

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesCountries like Switzerland recently decided that the pandemic was over because lobbies wanted it to be over. Despite high numbers of infections and the percentage of tests being positive Switzerland decided that the acute phase of the pandemic was over. For them the lack of deaths, and the lack of people in…

  • Day One of ORCA in Switzerland

    Day One of ORCA in Switzerland

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesDuring the weekend I thought that being in self-isolation would be a pleasant and enjoyable experience. The sound of cars is diminished. More people are walking and going for bike rides and the level of pollution could decline for at least a few days or even weeks. On the flip side I…

  • Outdoor Sports and Pandemics

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn theory, pandemics are terrible for your social life because you go from socialising in bars, pubs, restaurants, cinemas, theatres, and cafés to having to stay home like an indoor cat or a fish in an aquarium. For people like me, the thought of not being in crowds of 50 people…

  • Fitness Centres and the Corona Virus

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesI have been thinking of climbing gyms, in other words of fitness centres and the Corona Virus. A few years ago I went to a gym where we wiped down every machine after use. We would get a paper towel, spray it with liquid and clean all the surfaces we touched. This…