Tag: pandemic
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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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Day 33 of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – A video walk
Reading Time: 3 minutesToday I went on a video walk with the DJI OSMO pocket three or whichever number it has and I took a series of frames. Before going for my daily walk I searched through the Vision Du Réel virtual Film Festival list of films and I found “The Bridge”. It’s available for…
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Day 32 of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – A Single Tab Open
Reading Time: 3 minutesI have a single tab open in Chrome at the moment, my main browser. This window, to write this blog post. We are now in Day 32 of self-isolation and I’m keeping myself distracted through blogging, making webpages mobile friendly and more. I’m also limiting the time I spend on news websites,…
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Day Thirty-One of ORCA in Switzerland — Plenty of Dust
Reading Time: 2 minutesYou build up plenty of dust as you plow the fields at the moment. The drought continues, as does the desire for this pandemic to be over. For now, the downward trend continues so we could feel optimistic. I’m still optimistic than in two or three weeks recycling centres will go back…
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Day Thirty of ORCA in Switzerland — A Strong Desire to Go Hiking.
Reading Time: 2 minutesI have a strong desire to go hiking. I would like to go on a hiking excursion that lasts for a few days. In theory I could do the Via Alpina route one starting in Nyon and ending in Lichtenstein. It’s a 21 step hike going north. I had lunch watching one…
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Day Twenty-seven of ORCA in Switzerland – River Walking
Reading Time: 2 minutesMy shoes are wet and my socks are wet because today I tried river walking. If a child was to do the same it would be called immature and irrational but when an adult does it then it’s adventure, and trying something new. My motivation to river walk came from the pandemic,…
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Day Twenty-Three of ORCA in Switzerland – The Chernobyl Fire
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn normal times a forest fire in the Chernobyl exlusion zone would attract attention and environmentalists would actively speak about it. The world would pay attention. Due to the pandemic the news story is low on the agenda. I mentioned that a coffee shop and a pet shop had reopened on Monday…
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Day Twenty-Two of ORCA in Switzerland – The Company of Cats
Reading Time: 3 minutesToday during my walk this afternoon I surprised a cat on some stairs and I moved patiently. It brushed up against me so I started to stroke it. During this pandemic the only living things I have had physical contact with are cats. During a pandemic, if you’re not living with people,…
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Day Twenty of ORCA in Switzerland – An Island of Tranquility
Reading Time: 2 minutesToday I went on my daily walk and found an island of tranquility. Instead of walking in one direction I reversed it. In doing so I saw the river from another point of view. I was on a trail and saw that I could get down to the riverbed and did. I…
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Day Nineteen of ORCA in Switzerland – TGIF
Reading Time: 3 minutesDo you have that TGIF feeling like no one else does? In theory today is the day when people are happy, knowing that the weekend is about to start and they can do the things they love for the next two days. In this context though, that is unlikely. We’re meant to…