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  • A Cycling Network Operating Centre or NOC

    A Cycling Network Operating Centre or NOC

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteToday I looked at the Sports Tracker app and I noticed that all of my activities started from home, whether cycling, hiking, or walking. That’s because I spent this month cycling and walking from home. I didn’t use the car, or trains to get around. I was thinking of this luxury…

  • Offloading Locomotion to Cars and the Transition to AI

    Offloading Locomotion to Cars and the Transition to AI

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesRecently I was thinking about how some people want to offload their work to AI and it got me to think about how people already offloaded getting around to cars. When is the last time that you saw a group of people walk from Nyon to St Cergue via La Dôle, rather…

  • The Desire Not to Hike

    The Desire Not to Hike

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesWalking and hiking are integral to my identity. I walk from four and a half to five and a half million steps per year. I walk in heat waves, rare snow and normal conditions. I hike with groups and I walk alone. Recently my desire to hike is much lower. This isn’t…

  • Two Interpretations of Mobilité Douce

    Two Interpretations of Mobilité Douce

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesMy definition of Mobilité Douce and the Swiss definition are quite different. For me Mobilité Douce is walking, hiking, cycling and other sports that require a certain dedication and desire to cover long distances. In contrast Switzerland seems to see Mobilité Douce as going from home to the shops, while leaving the…

  • The Desire to Hike First, and be Social Second

    The Desire to Hike First, and be Social Second

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesTomorrow there are at least three hikes and three bike rides that I know of. The hikes are via GoSocial and the bike rides are via Meetup. On Sunday I know of at least two to three GoSocial hikes and one Meetup hike. I have plenty of choice for what to do…

  • A Choice of Weekend Sports

    A Choice of Weekend Sports

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesThis weekend I have the choice between running, hiking, walking, via ferrata and probably more. Years ago I would have automatically gravitated towards Via Ferrata because that is a sport I really loved. These days I’m not so sure. It’s especially that the VF would take one and a half hours of…

  • Discussing E-Scooters

    Discussing E-Scooters

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday I was uninspired by an AI talk but went anyway and I didn’t get as much out of it as last time. That’s why, when it came to the networking part and talking about oneself I vanished to pay for my hot chocolate to have a conversation with other people. In…

  • Walking from one Valley to Another

    Walking from one Valley to Another

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesSometimes when we go for a hike we walk along a route that makes getting back to the car quick and easy. For tomorrow’s walking getting back to the car would take three trains and more than an hour. For Londoners this is a familiar routing situation, but for people in Switzerland…

  • Walking with Others

    Walking with Others

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday I walked from Vevey to villeneuve with a stop in the castle for a visit before taking the train home. In the process we walked about fifteen kilometres along the lake. This was an easy pace for me. It was slow enough for my heart rate to be at seventy eight…

  • The Desire to Participate

    The Desire to Participate

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesI saw that there is a hike taking place nearby. I would have really liked to join it but I would have been participant eleven with a limit of ten people. I wanted to participate because it would have required walking to Nyon, and taking the train de St Cergue to St…