Tag: self-isolation
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Day 57 of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – Another Walk In The Rain.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWalking in heavy rain for two and a half hours doesn’t make much sense. You don’t see much. The more time you spend outside the more of you is wet, and by the time you get home you’re cold and in need of warming up. It’s day 57, the 11th of…
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Day 54 Of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – The Via Ferrata Season Resumes on Monday
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Via Ferrata Season resumes on Monday with La Via Farinetta reopening. This news came via the Via Farinetta Saillon official page, as seen with the Facebook embed below. Bonne nouvelle! La Via sera ouverte à partir ce lundi 11 mai ?? Néanmoins nous vous rendons attentifs sur les instructions des autorités.…
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Day 53 Of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – Rebooting Switzerland in Safe Mode
Reading Time: 2 minutesWe’re just days away from Switzerland rebooting in Safe Mode. Rebooting in Safe mode means that children will go back to School on alternating days. Hairdressers and creches are already open. So are flower shops. When I went to the local shopping the music festival maze to get into the shops was…
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Day 52 Of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – More Cows, and Cascading Style Sheets
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhile some of us have gone fifty-two days without being within two meters of another person due to the pandemic others walk side by side down country lanes, forcing those walking alone to make the decision of whether to risk infecting the vulnerable couple or stepping off the road and waiting under…
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Day 51 Of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – Only Two People At A Time
Reading Time: 2 minutesToday I went in to a shop without knowing that the limit was two people at a time. Paradoxically there were not two but five people in the shop because if you’re a parent with a child you’re allowed to be two, so there were four people. I saw no sign on…
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Day 49 Of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – A Two And A Half Hour Walk At Dusk.
Reading Time: 2 minutesI just got back from a two and a half-hour walk at dusk. I had no plan to go for such a long walk. It was elongated because I ended up taking a detour to see calves just as they were being fed. They’re quite excited about getting some food. They were…
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Day 48 Of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – Calves And Their Mothers
Reading Time: 2 minutesDuring today’s walk I saw calves and their mothers. Their mothers were mooing me away but I was taking video so I didn’t move until one after another started to approach me. By then I had the footage I wanted to have. I had a strong fence fixed with wooden posts and…
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Day 45 Of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – The Need For Outdoor Exercise.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis aftrnoon reminded me of the need for outdoor exercise. I was feeling lazy and unmotivated to go outdoors. I thought that the rain would come back during my walk, as it did during my scooter ride, and as it did yesterday. I checked the weather app and I saw that we…
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Day 43 of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – Caught Outdoors During a Thunderstorm
Reading Time: 2 minutesToday I was caught outdoors during a thunderstorm but rather than run to shelter or rush home I continued taking a timelapse video of some flowers. According to the apps we were meant to get some rain at 1800 so I expected it to be short lived. This didn’t stop my clothes…
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Day 42 of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – A Few Minutes of Rain
Reading Time: 3 minutesToday at around lunchtime we had a few minutes of rain for the first time in weeks but it didn’t last long. By the time I went out for my daily walk the ground was dry, as if it hadn’t rained at all. There was no mud to walk through so I…