Tag: spring

  • Cyclist Sightings

    Cyclist Sightings

    Reading Time: < 1 minute Yesterday I went for a walk, during which I listened to two podcasts via AudioBookShelf, but that’s not the point of this post. The point of this post is that the seasons have changed. The snow has melted and there was a brief interlude in rain so plenty of people…

  • Spring

    Spring

    Reading Time: < 1 minute 25,000 steps in a day.

  • Spring Watch

    Spring Watch

    Reading Time: < 1 minute Magnolias in Nyon

  • A Spring Walk

    A Spring Walk

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  • Nyon In Spring

    Nyon In Spring

    Reading Time: 2 minutes Due to the pandemic I almost never go to Nyon. If I do I often wear a mask and avoid walking around too much. Most people think the pandemic is over. I see, from the data, that it is not, and I want to stay true to previous ethics and morality.…

  • Day Thirty-One of ORCA in Switzerland — Plenty of Dust

    Day Thirty-One of ORCA in Switzerland — Plenty of Dust

    Reading Time: 2 minutes You 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…

  • Day Sixteen of ORCA in Switzerland – Pandemic Solitude

    Day Sixteen of ORCA in Switzerland – Pandemic Solitude

    Reading Time: 2 minutes I was writing a Facebook post when I thought of the term Pandemic Solitude and I love it so much that I wanted to use it as a title for today’s blog post. For most people during the pandemic the order is, stay with the people you live with but avoid…

  • An 80km bike ride to Echandens and back

    An 80km bike ride to Echandens and back

    Reading Time: 3 minutes During a recent walk I noticed that I could hear birds chirping, that the sun was shining and that spring seemed to be booting up. The weather held until Saturday so the conditions were ideal for a nice bike ride. The ride started at around 0840, with frost on the ground…

  • Images from the Via Ferrata de Lavanchy

    Reading Time: < 1 minute Despite the warning that rain would fall after 1700 today we went up to explore the Via Ferrata De Lavanchy. it is a via ferrata that requires a 45 minute walk up hill. You walk up towards a cirque and then turn left and continue upwards through some trees. When…

  • The Via Ferrata season is back, time to enjoy those mountain landscapes again.

    Reading Time: < 1 minute Finally winter is over, the snow is melting away, flowers are coming up and the via ferrata season is starting once again. I will be in the mountains every second weekend from now on to explore via ferratas and hike. The next via ferrata I will explore is the Via…