Tag: walk
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A Walk by the Vallée De Joux
Reading Time: < 1 minute Every so often I get in a car to walk somewhere different. For two or three days we have been in the fog. Yesterday the fog was so thick that when I was driving I decided to slow down. I wanted to be able to stop in half the visible…
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A Walking Decline in the US Since 2019
Reading Time: 5 minutes According to streetlight data walking in the US has declined over the past three or four years. The decline was by up to thirty six percent from 2019-2022. The clearest reason for this is that 2019 and 2020 were walking honeymoon periods. By this I mean that for the duration of…
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A Walk at the Snow Line
Reading Time: < 1 minute The most striking thing about a winter with little to no snow is that there is no noise. Normally ski lifts clank, people talk and there is a lot of noise When there has been very little snow the ski lifts are turned off and the mountains are quiet. This…
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A Walk To The Chateau De Bossey
Reading Time: < 1 minute I walked to the Chateau De Bossey today. It’s an easy walk from one village to another and another after that. A dirt road part of the walk. A view of the Salève A view of a field, the lakes with boats and the Alps in the background.
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A Walk In The Shade
Reading Time: < 1 minute A walk from one forest to another from Founex to Arnex. Sometimes we walk in the rain and the snow and we get soaked by the weather. Today I drank a litre in an hour and a half of walking. The air temperature is around 31c. I decided to walk…
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On Breaking an arm and replacing climbing with swimming and cycling with walking
Reading Time: 4 minutes A few weeks ago I broke my arm while cycling. I was indicating that I was turning right while breaking with my left hand and the brake blocked and the next thing I knew the bike was on top of me. I extricated myself from beneath the bike and dragged it…
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A forest walk by Chavannes Centre
Reading Time: 2 minutes When I cycle towards Geneva i often pass by a forest near Chavannes centre. Usually I only skirt the exterior of the forest but I have twice passed through it on a bike on my way back from Geneva. Yesterday I drove the scooter to Chavannes centre and parked it where…