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  • Autumn Weather and Flexibility

    Autumn Weather and Flexibility

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesWith Autumn comes a change in weather. The days get shorter and the temperatures drop. Clouds come more often, and stick around. The result is that events that are scheduled are cancelled. Today the weather was good, but the event is scheduled for tomorrow. In a situation such as this I would…

  • A Transition from Raincoats to Urban Umbrellas

    A Transition from Raincoats to Urban Umbrellas

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday I walked from a "village" to a town. In the process I saw very few people out and about. I don’t know whether they stayed in because of the weather, or if they fled because of the three day weekend. Today is a cantonal holiday so shops in Vaud are closed.…

  • A Rain Soaked Walk in the Swiss countryside

    A Rain Soaked Walk in the Swiss countryside

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday I planned to walk so I put on my hiking boots and just as I was about to go out I heard large rain drops hit the velux. I thought "according to the weather app the rain should be light". It wasn’t light. It was heavy and sustained. You might think…

  • Of Rain, Parties and Cycling

    Of Rain, Parties and Cycling

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesLast night I was tempted by the idea of going for a bike ride this morning but chose not to because I wanted to save my energy to ride with a group tomorrow. Now, as I watch some induhviduals (intentional spelling) prepare things for an all night party I’m thinking "oh duck,…

  • Autumn Rain and Cancelled Bike Rides

    Autumn Rain and Cancelled Bike Rides

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteLast night I could have gone for a group ride, and it wouldn’t have rained on, despite what the weather said. As I went for a ride that morning, and felt tired, it felt rational not to ride in the evening. Last night it rained consistently until this morning but now…

  • Waiting for Cyclone Erin and Rain

    Waiting for Cyclone Erin and Rain

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesOn RTS Info they warn about Erin, the ex-cyclone probably hitting Switzerland, dumping a lot of rain. The alert for some areas is level 5. This is for a narrow band in the Alps on the Italo-Swiss border. The possible impacts are ‘extreme rise in water of rivers and lakes, flooding in…

  • The Energetic Cycling Rest Day

    The Energetic Cycling Rest Day

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesOn Sunday evening I saw that a ride was planned for Monday evening. Usually I would hae skipped this ride because I felt that I should rest. According to Garmin I should have taken a rest day. I intended to have a calm bike ride, until I got onto the bike and…

  • When Weather and Contours Make Us Lazy

    When Weather and Contours Make Us Lazy

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen I decided to flee the noise pollution of Paléo to stay somewhere different for a few days I was filled wiith cycling projects, but because of the weather forecast I mothballed them. They announced that it could rain all day, every day, for almost the entire week. Weather They announce that…

  • Rain and Serendipity

    Rain and Serendipity

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesIt often rains for the entire rain of Caribana and this makes me happy. It makes me happy because when I complained to them about their noise pollution two or three years ago they gave me a boiler plate answer instead of doing something about it. I am currently staying away from…

  • The Daily Workout

    The Daily Workout

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesvery single day I walk, run, or cycle. It doesn’t matter whether it’s rainy, sunny, windy, snowy or other. I do this out of habit. I know of quite a few routes that I can walk, run or cycle so there are variants. Some are long, some are short. If it’s going…