{"id":9207,"date":"2023-04-20T11:43:49","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T09:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.main-vision.com\/richard\/blog\/?p=9207"},"modified":"2023-04-20T11:44:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T09:44:00","slug":"the-sound-of-bells-and-the-smell-of-colza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.main-vision.com\/richard\/blog\/the-sound-of-bells-and-the-smell-of-colza\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sound of Bells and the Smell of Colza"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>\n<p>What do you hear and smell when you go for a walk in Vaud at this time of year? You hear the sound of cowbells and you hear the sound of cows mooing. I like the sound of cow bells<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The sound of Switzerland\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/63O0JqNuo2Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A few days ago I could hear mooing from a distance. As I looked across, at an old train station, now used as a house or office I could hear mooing so I crossed the train lines to see where the cows were. They were mooing incessantly. Usually they\u2019re quiet but not this time.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mooing Swiss Cows\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/waCF-U4VXGk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Weeks ago we walked by a plant but we couldn\u2019t recognise it. Within the last two weeks the plants flowered and so we could see that they were cola. Colza are funny plants because they\u2019re so different at every stage. At first they\u2019re just leaves, then they\u2019re taller plants with leaves, and then they turn yellow, and after that they\u2019re yellow and they smell strong. After that it rains and they lose all the petals and they look strange. Eventually they\u2019re harvested. It\u2019s a plant that goes through several transformations. Now you have fields of yellow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Geographically I am walking in circles but because I walk around in circles where there are crops every walk is different, from week to week and month to month. Recently Garmin Connect added expeditions so I am walking the Appalachian Trail virtually. So far I have covered 423 kilometres of 3500. I\u2019m twelve percent of the way there.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I prefer the Pacer app and how it shows long hikes. I am currently doing the Don Quixote trail and every 35km or so I reach another waypoint, so I get a real sense of distance travelled, rather than an abstract notion of it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m walking through Toledo now, after walking from Alcala de Henares to Madrid and from there to Esquivias before reaching Toledo. I have plenty more cities to cross. That makes the journey interesting.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">And Finally<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If it wasn\u2019t for cars that drive too fast, and too close to people on foot and on bikes, the walks I do would be great. There is plenty to see and plenty changes from month to month and season to season. I walk on a segment of the Jura Trail and part of the Camino De Santiago route. Where I walk is not lunacy. It\u2019s part of three or four big hiking systems. If cars were more respectful of pedestrians, and if paths were made into the soil, then walking would be more pleasant.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Between some villages paths that were just grass have been worn away to being short grass, to being dirt paths because of the volume of people walking. If walking was made more pleasant, between villages, then the walks I do would not be lunacy, they would be fun.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>What do you hear and smell when you go for a walk in Vaud at this time of year? You hear the sound of cowbells and you hear the sound of cows mooing. I like the sound of cow bells A few days ago I could hear mooing from a distance. 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