{"id":30229,"date":"2025-12-06T12:21:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T10:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.main-vision.com\/richard\/blog\/?p=30229"},"modified":"2025-12-06T12:21:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T10:21:14","slug":"a-walk-to-the-post-office-and-a-skipped-bike-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.main-vision.com\/richard\/blog\/a-walk-to-the-post-office-and-a-skipped-bike-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"A Walk To the Post Office and a Skipped Bike Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 3<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

Yesterday I went for two walks. The first walk was after lunch because I had something to drop off at the post office. Usually I would have printed the label at home, rather than doing this walk. I desired to go for a bike ride but the chore was more important. In the process I learned something.<\/p>\n

If you need to print something, you can go to the post office, and via an app you can print the label for a package there and then. You can then send the package, without dealing with a person. It’s quick and efficient. It’s thanks to speaking with a person that I learned this.<\/p>\n

It’s not often that I walk with a post package over three or four kilometres. Usually a normal person would get in the car, and drop it off after walking a grand total of two hundred meters or less.<\/p>\n

I needed my daily walk, but I also walked further than I had to because there was a queue at the first post office and I didn’t want to wait. In the end the wait was quick, once I actually stood still in the post office long enough to be served.<\/p>\n

It’s nice, to walk, rather than to take the car. It’s nice not to use a vehicle. It’s also convenient to have the stamina to walk to the post office, in town, without thinking anyything of it.<\/p>\n

The Nocturnal Walk<\/h2>\n

After my afternoon walk I had dinner, watched TV and then considered whether I would skip the pub crawl or not. I should have skipped it. I don’t get pleasure from going out to bars and clubs like I used to.<\/p>\n

I walked to Nyon, went into the second bar of the pub crawl, felt uncomfortable, and then went for a walk by the lake. I looked at the clear waters and noticed what looked like krill feeding by the surface. I then walked further along the lake front.<\/p>\n

During this walk I was struck by how light the sky was. The full moon has an impact on how clearly we can see. It had me thinking that the full moon would be a great opportunity for a bike ride. In such conditions we can see way beyond what the lights illuminate, and should also be easier to see, as long as we don’t go through wooded areas.<\/p>\n

The conditions were pleasant for a nocturnal walk despite not being over-enthusiastic about being in bars.<\/p>\n

The Missed Bike Ride<\/h2>\n

I have an alarm that wakes at 07:30 every single day, whether I need to get up. I think it went off today but I went straight back to sleep. I woke at 08:30 and still had two hours to get ready for this morning’s bike ride. I didn’t get up though.<\/p>\n

I want to go for a group ride, but I don’t want to push myself out of my comfort zone. I want to enjoy the ride and if I get three quarters of the way through the ride and find myself in a state of exhaustion then it isn’t fun. At this time of year the cycle gets you tired, but so does the weather.<\/p>\n

If I had not walked over eighteen kilometres yesterday, and if I had not woken feeling tired, then I would have gone for today’s bike ride. As I write this, it’s raining, so I don’t know how pleasant the ride would have been.<\/p>\n

And Finally<\/h2>\n

My entire rational for wanting to lead a relaxed cycle group is to avoid having to ride hard and fast. I like to push myself, but I also like to be able to slow down once I get tired. My legs are tired from yesterday’s walks. A calm ride is fun.<\/p>\n

Finally Recovered<\/h3>\n

There is also the small matter that yesterday, for the first time since my cold, and double vaccination, I feel healthy, and that’s a great feeling. I want to keep that feeling. That’s why I wasn’t so keen about going indoors, but also why I don’t want to over-exert myself today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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