Tag: walk
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The Lavaux Walk from Puidoux to Vevey
Reading Time: 2 minutesToday I met with a meetup group to walk through the Lavaux vineyards from Puidoux to Vevey and the experience was good. The logistics of buying a train ticket confused me but other than this the experience was good. I was able to catch a train from Nyon to Morges, change in…
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A Walk by the Vallée De Joux
Reading Time: < 1 minuteEvery 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 distance.…
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A Walking Decline in the US Since 2019
Reading Time: 5 minutesAccording 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 lock…
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A Walk at the Snow Line
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe 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 is…
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A Walk To The Chateau De Bossey
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI walked to the Chateau De Bossey today. It’s an easy walk from one village to another and another after that.
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A Walk In The Shade
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSometimes 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 from clump of trees to clump of trees. It’s possible. If I…
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Day Twenty-Six of ORCA in Switzerland – Playing With 360 Video
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt’s Day 26 and today I was playing with 360 video. Specifically I went for a walk in the woods and placed the camera ahead of me to provide people with the opportunity to look around. Doing this is a risky strategy during the pandemic because if you cross paths with anyone…
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Day Twenty of ORCA in Switzerland – An Island of Tranquility
Reading Time: 2 minutesToday I went on my daily walk and found an island of tranquility. Instead of walking in one direction I reversed it. In doing so I saw the river from another point of view. I was on a trail and saw that I could get down to the riverbed and did. I…
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On Breaking an arm and replacing climbing with swimming and cycling with walking
Reading Time: 4 minutesA 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 to…