Tag: switzerland
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Forced to Wear Mask Outdoors
Reading Time: 4 minutesSwitzerland is currently toying with the idea of forcing people to wear masks outdoors but it’s not clear whether this would be for cities or whether it would be for villages and even rural walks. If the obligation to wear a mask at all times is enacted then I have two reactions.…
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Self-Sacrifice and Pandemics
Reading Time: 3 minutesSelf-Sacrifice and Pandemics are intimate friends. In order for a pandemic to end we must learn to do without things that we need. We go without meeting friends for months, we go without hugs or handshakes for months. We go without restaurants, bars, cafés or cinemas for months. We go without needing…
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Day 74 of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – Looking At Swiss COVID-19 Case Graphs
Reading Time: 3 minutesFor several days I have not been looking as seriously at the COVID-19 case graphs for Switzerland because we the storm waves of new cases that we were getting before are now no more than ripples on a pond. The situation seems to be under control in Switzerland. As we look at…
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Day 64 of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – “When I’m 64”
Reading Time: 3 minutesEarlier today or yesterday at some point I was thinking of the song When I’m 64, and that I should share it. I’m not 64. Quarantine hasn’t aged me so drastically. I felt the need to make that joke. Recycling For the first time in two months I went to the recycling…
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Day 60 of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – The Sixtieth Day of Solitude.
Reading Time: 3 minutesIt’s the sixtieth day of solitude for some of us and if we look at Twitter we see that people in other countries are suffering. One person spoke of the dark dog whilst another expressed distress. A third expresses another emotion. Around the world we see people suffering and trying to cope…
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Day 59 of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – Thunder As I Got Home
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFor once I walked in the drizzle, rather than the rain but I could hear thunder as I got home. I have almost reading Thirst: 2600 Miles to Home during this walk. Poetically I was listening to her about walking with a storm on its way whilst a storm was thundering…
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Day 57 of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – Another Walk In The Rain.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWalking in heavy rain for two and a half hours doesn’t make much sense. You don’t see much. The more time you spend outside the more of you is wet, and by the time you get home you’re cold and in need of warming up. It’s day 57, the 11th of…
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Day 56 of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – A Ride Towards Storm Clouds
Reading Time: < 1 minuteToday I had a ride towards storm clouds. I was cycling in the sun but as I looked towards Geneva I could see that it was dark and grey. I questioned whether to turn around or whether to keep going. It started to rain but I was reaching the half way…