Tag: weather

  • The Daily Workout

    The Daily Workout

    Reading Time: 2 minutes very single day I walk, run, or cycle. It doesn’t matter whether it’s rainy, sunny, windy, snowy or other. I do this out of habit. I know of quite a few routes that I can walk, run or cycle so there are variants. Some are long, some are short. If it’s…

  • The Sound of Heavy Rain

    The Sound of Heavy Rain

    Reading Time: 2 minutes Yesterday I walked with a light rain coat because it rained a few times during the day. This morning it has been raining heavily for hours. I stepped outside to get 4 season tyres from the post box for the bike and my back was quite wet after a few minutes.…

  • Thoughts on a Rainy Day

    Thoughts on a Rainy Day

    Reading Time: 2 minutes Today it’s raining, which may imply that I will not go out for a walk, or a run, and definitely not a bike ride. It also implies that I am wearing the Apple watch for no reason today. My step count will be low, as will my calories burned count, and…

  • Time Spent Cycling, Hiking and Walking

    Time Spent Cycling, Hiking and Walking

    Reading Time: 2 minutes This year I have spent 350 hours hiking and walking according to Strava. In contrast I have spent just 44 hours cycling. If I had spent as much time cycling as I did walking then my cycling fitness would be higher than it is at the moment. Part of me wishes…

  • The Water Bottle Paradox

    The Water Bottle Paradox

    Reading Time: 3 minutes This weekend when I hiked to Valangin I thought that I would found a water fountain along the way, so I took just 600ml of water. A few weeks ago when I went to Charmey I took the same amount of water because I didn’t want too much weight for the…

  • Lucky With the Weather

    Lucky With the Weather

    Reading Time: 2 minutes Yesterday I went for a 50km bike ride that took two hours. During the first half the weather was good, and it felt warm. I cycled down to Nyon and towards Prangins, before cycling back towards Nyon before heading to Duiller and from there up towards Genolier, but not the direct…

  • The Americanisation of Swiss Weather Forecasting

    The Americanisation of Swiss Weather Forecasting

    Reading Time: 3 minutes A few days ago they announced a [“cocktail météorologique explosif”](https://www.rts.ch/info/suisse/2024/article/un-cocktail-meteorologique-explosif-attendu-samedi-en-suisse-romande-alerte-meteosuisse-28553427.html) but the result I saw from my vantage point was some medium rain, and plenty of rain and thunder. The thunder was constant for quite a while. When I saw the weather warnings my fear was that we would end up…

  • Watching the Weather Again

    Watching the Weather Again

    Reading Time: 2 minutes For five years it was sunny almost every day in Switzerland. It was sunny so often that the water tables declined and village fountains dried up, as did fields. Clouds of dust could be seen rising when tractors worked the fields. It’s because of this excellent weather, for years in a…

  • Meetup Silence Due to Rain

    Meetup Silence Due to Rain

    Reading Time: 2 minutes Yesterday it rained so consistantly that I didn’t leave the house. I stayed indoors the entire day. I wanted to go out but because of the never-ending rain I never set foot outside. I considered going for a run but by the time I had digested I considered that the rain…

  • Of Rain and a Pi 5 4GB

    Of Rain and a Pi 5 4GB

    Reading Time: 2 minutes Rain was forecast today. If rain had not been forecast then I would have driven to Ins, near the Lake of Murten near Neuchatel to go around the lake at a slow up. I didn’t go, not because rain was forecast, but because rain was expected although not quantified. I like…