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  • A Weekend of Hiking

    A Weekend of Hiking

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesThis weekend I went on two hikes. The first was from St-Cergue to La Dôle and back and the second was from Marchairuz to St Cergue. It amounts to about 66,000 steps and thirty four kilometres of hiking. The La Dôle walk is a familiar walk that I have from multiple directions…

  • 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…

  • Almost Linear Walks

    Almost Linear Walks

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesTwice in the last two weekends I have done linear rather than circular walks. By linear I don’t mean that I walked from A to B. I mean that I started walking along a loop but when I saw that the routes I wanted to walk were either crowded by couples or people…

  • One Hundred and Fifty Six Days of Walking 10,000 Steps Or More and Two Bike Rides

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesFor one hundred and fifty six days I walked 10 thousand steps or more, before I broke my streak by going for two bike rides. The first one was a twenty five kilometre loop. The second was a more ambitious 51km loop. I ended up in Geneva, by the Palais Des Nations.…

  • The Sunday Run

    The Sunday Run

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesThis morning I decided to go for a run, rather than studying or doing other things. I ran along one of my usual routes thinking that it would be quiet but it wasn’t. Groups of people walking two to three abreast, or more were blocking different roads so I deviated through fields,…

  • Day Twenty of ORCA in Switzerland – An Island of Tranquility

    Day Twenty of ORCA in Switzerland – An Island of Tranquility

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesToday I went on my daily walk and found an island of tranquility. Instead of walking in one direction I reversed it. In doing so I saw the river from another point of view. I was on a trail and saw that I could get down to the riverbed and did. I…

  • Wait in Terminal

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesWait in terminal And so the weekend came to an end. It began on Thursday with a trip around Malmo and dropping into two or three bars and a night club. Discussions were had and dancing took place. The first day was about getting back up to speed with the friend and…

  • Looking forward to Sweden

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn about 23 hours I’m going to be ready both physically and mentally for a trip to the city of Malmo in Sweden. There I expect to find a city I have already been to twice in the past. It is there that I may find a cold wind, blankets in…

  • A sunday morning

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt’s Sunday morning and yesterday was another day of shooting and editing. As a result of that, the documentary has progressed a little more. One or two more segments have been added, graphics have been improved and the project as a whole looks good. There’s still a lot of work to…