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  • The Setting Sun Walk

    The Setting Sun Walk

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteI went for a walk and by the time it ended the sun had set. I walked with a flashlight in case but didn’t need it. Usually I would have gone for a walk earlier in the day.

  • Running In High Winds

    Running In High Winds

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday I tried running and walking in high winds. I have cycled and walked in high winds but I had not yet had the sensation of running in high wind and it is quite interesting. In cycling you feel that the wind pushes your bike to the side, and you counteract the…

  • An Excited Lake On A Windy Day

    An Excited Lake On A Windy Day

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  • The Illusion That The Pandemic Is Over

    The Illusion That The Pandemic Is Over

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesSwitzerland is living under the illusion that the pandemic is over. If you look at the data on the RTS website and other sources of information such as Cotrack – Grafana then the pandemic is over. The number of new cases has gone done so if you look at the metrics then…

  • A Return to Cycling

    A Return to Cycling

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesFor three years I did not cycle. For one year it was because I broke my arm while cycling, The second year it was because we were in the first wave of this never-ending pandemic so I preferred not to stray too far from home. The third year it was because the…

  • A Weekend Walk During a Pandemic

    A Weekend Walk During a Pandemic

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesToday I went for my daily walk and I saw a shape. I thought, “That looks like a fox” and as I approached i had a doubt about it being a dog and I felt fear but I continued forward anyway. Eventually the fox noticed me, looked at me and then fled…

  • A New Yorker Cartoon, Existentialism and The Absurd

    A New Yorker Cartoon, Existentialism and The Absurd

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesToday I saw a picture of a frog sitting in a sauce pan on a cooker speaking to another, saying “I Know the water is heating up but that’s the next generation’s problem” and this can be a comment on a few things. The first, linear comment is of course about global…

  • Stormy Skies Near Nyon

    Stormy Skies Near Nyon

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesThe weather was finally dynamic today. The storm warnings were flashing towards Hermance, on the French side of the lake. This gave a nice contrast between the yellow of the Colza fields and the dark threatening clouds behind. At moments I thought that rain would begin to fall but luckily the doppler…

  • Spring Cycling

    Spring Cycling

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesThe weather is relatively cold but the sun is out so the time for spring cycling has come. Spring cycling is like other forms of cycling, but you want to dress warm enough to be comfortable, but not so warm as to overheat. You also want to find routes that are short…

  • An Interesting Structure In the Mouth of a Cavern.

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteI find the image in this tweet interesting. I don’t know the context of this location. I find the wooden building interesting. I also find it interesting to see the lighter patch around where the chimney exhausts. It is something out of the ordinary and could be interesting to see in…