Switzerland

Yesterday I went for a hike from Le Day down to the Saut du Day before going up towards the Aiguilles de Baume and beyond. In the process I saw six or more wind mills.

The hike is 21.71km long, took about 6hr41 1178m of ascent and 895m of descent.Moving time was around 4hr55min.

To simplify the route, it follows the Chemin Des Crêtes du Jura most of the time. To be more specific it was stage 12 There is a detour to explore a little cave which is not as spectacular as other caves I have been through. I was glad to take a beanie with me to protect my head from impacts with the ceiling. I had considered taking climbing helmets with me.

A few days ago I was waiting for friends to catch a train to go on a hike and I forgot to start easyride before the start of the train journey. As soon as I realised I started the app but when I arrived one stop away it was ignored. If the friends had been on time I would have started the tracking sooner.

To be clear it’s the SBB app that chose not to charge me for the journey I forgot to start tracking from the start. If it had looked at the time I started moving, and the train that started at the same time, then it could have extrapolated the ride I had tried to pay for.

Duiller is a small village of one thousand one hundred or so people. It is a town that you may cycle or drive through, without ever stopping. That is, unless you know about the lending library. Near the church there is a parking, and by that parking there is a shelter where there are bookshelves in German, French, English, Italian and one or two other languages.

The Jura Route (7) and Route du Vignoble de la Côte cross the village if you’re on a bike. If you are on foot then you can walk to Arzier, Aubonne, Prangins, and Nyon. This village isn’t part of a primary hiking route but if you’re exploring a lesser known route then you can walk from Arzier to Nyon, or vice versa, to enjoy a linear hike that will take four and a half hours from Duiller to Arzier.

If you’ re looking for an uphill walk that is more physical than from Nyon to La Dôle and Leukerbad to Lammenhütte then the walk from Montreux to Jaman will meet your requirements.

I did this hike with a group of people from Berne, Chateau D’Oex, and Geneva. It’s meant to take three and a half to four hours but we did it in a little over 3hrs, despite snow conditions.

When I went snowshoeing as a child I was photographed and it was used by the St Cergue Tourism board. I still have that poster in a room. Since then I went snowshoeing a few years ago and didn’t really enjoy it. The snowshoes didn’t feel comfortable. A few weeks ago I saw that people were planning a snowshoeing trip so I checked that they were set to my snowshoe size but skipped. Yesterday I finally went up with that group.

After some trial and error I finally managed to get an electric car to charge at public charging points. The first success was at an evpass charging station where I was able to charge 13.1kW/h in an hour and 14 minutes using the app on my phone and a credit card for 8.48 CHF. The second time was with the TCS eCharge RFID tag that I ordered from the Touring Club Suisse for free. In that case I charged 11.1kW/h for 5.89 CHF.
With evpass the cost is 0.65 CHF per kW/h and with Swisscharge the price is 0.35 CHF per kW/h but with a 2 CHF connection fee for each charge, Without that connection charge Swisscharge would cost 3.89 CHF for 11.1kW/h and be competitive with evpasss. As things stand Swisscharge make you pay an extra 5.7 kW/h per charge. According to perplexity “… the 0.35 CHF per kWh charger with a 2 CHF connection fee becomes more cost-effective after charging approximately 6.67 kWh. In practical terms, this means that if you plan to charge more than 6.67 kWh, the first charger is the better option despite its connection fee.”

Yesterday I finally tested Publibike after years of considering these bikes. There is a paradox. I think nothing of spending three francs, for a coke, rivella, hot chocolate or coffee but the idea of paying 3 CHF to use a bike for a six minute ride is disturbing. I didn’t pay for six minutes, because that was my first ride. I paid 3 CHF for 11 minutes.

In Line With the Price of Coffee

When you compare it to the price of a coffee or a coke, or a can of redbull from a vending machine the price is reasonable. It’s when you compare it to the price of walking, free, and the bus, 60 centimes less, that it seems expensive. If it was two francs for half an hour it would be an excellent price point because it would be cheaper than the bus.

Yesterday I woke up feeling tired so I questioned whether I should cancel the Gruyère hike but chose not to. I felt more tired than usual and I couldn’t understand why until I checked my activities. I ran five kilometres on Friday, then again on Saturday, and then Sunday I went for a relatively short walk.

Originally my plan had been to rest oon Saturday but for some reason I didn’t listen to that desire. The result is that my calfs felt taut, and when I walked to the train station I felt slow and heavy. Now it’s clear why I felt this way.

Yesterday 60 people went to Morges to cycle the Tour De Romandie Morges stage ahead of the race today. There were two loops, a 90+ kilometre loop for an average speed of 29km/h on the flat and another loop for an average speed of 25 km/h on the flat and a distance of 57 kilometres.

When I got the GPX for the 90 kilometre loop I considered doing that loop, until I considered that with an average of 30 km/H I would be tired, especially since I rarely cycle 90km loops at the moment.

Yesterday I went for a hike from Neuchâtel to Valangin. This is a 14 kilometre loop that begins with a relatively steep climb out of the city before heading into the woods. You hear the sounds of the road every so often as you crisscross paths with it. The castle was used from the 12th to the 16th centuries by the Valangin lords.

The Way Up

As I mentioned in the intro the start of the climb is quite steep, through the woods. This requires a certain level of fitness to do comfortable. I could hear quite a few rifle shots because i believe a rifle range is nearby. For some reason I thought I could also hear fireworks being tested.