Tag: roads
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From Nyon to the Signal de Bougy Via the Vineyards
Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday I went for a bike ride. The watch said to go for a one hour ride at 100 watts of power. I set off with the intention of following this recommendation and then got distracted. My original plan was to ride above the road that goes from Luins to avoid traffic,…
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Disengorging Rural Roads With Wider Motorways
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhen I was walking in Neuchatel I noticed something striking. I didn’t see a single advert in favour of expanding the motorways. I expected that the Right Wing friends of Global Warming would push for the expansion of the motorways in Switzerland. That wasn’t the case. In Switzerland, at the moment, they…
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Why Would They Build This in the Middle of Nowhere
Reading Time: 3 minutesRecently someone said “I wonder why they would build the Abbey d’Oujon in the middle of nowhere and someone asked the same about Romainmôtier and the idea is an interesting one. It’s interesting because until motorways and before an extra four to six billion peoples wewre born and survived infancy the world,…