Walkingman

When I was planning my last outing on the Trans Swiss Trail, I had a couple of ideas in mind. I decided on that occasion to follow the standard trail route from Stans to Bauen. But I noticed that there were also routes through the mountains to get to Bauen and nearby parts of the…

My last two outings on the Trans Swiss Trail were not my best days ever. First, the delays in the snow on Gräfimattstand completely disrupted my plans two weeks ago. And then last week, my walk was successful, but the rain took away from the enjoyment. But with good weather forecast last Sunday, I was…

After the bittersweet experience of my attempt last week to go from Giswil to Stans over the mountains, I decided that I would take the more direct route at the earliest possible opportunity. So last weekend, I again set out early to get on the trail. The weather forecast was not good, with showers of…

The next stage of my journey along the Trans Swiss Trail presented an interesting planning question. According to the guidebooks, the next stage would take me just ten kilometres from Giswil to Flüeli-Ranft. That seemed far to short, and also, most of that route is flat, going along the lake shore. There is no challenge…

“Winter is coming”. The phrase is most closely associated with the popular novels and TV series of Game of Thrones. But in the days after my last outing on the Trans Swiss Trail, it seemed as if winter had returned to Switzerland. In Basel, there was snow visible on the hills around the city, and…

After such good weather and a great walk on my last outing, I was determined to get one more piece of the trail done during the long Easter weekend. The weather forecast indicated deteriorating weather in the week ahead, , but at least the Monday looked good. Thus it was that Monday morning had me…

I wrote in my last posting about being extremely busy with work, and that continued for the rest of March. But one of the benefits of project management is that there are deadlines, milestones, and end points. And thankfully, one of those projects that was keeping me so busy had a deadline to be finished…

Work has been incredibly busy lately, and last weekend, I decided to take a break. Getting out for a long hike is therapeutic. I really couldn’t afford to take a day off and indulge this passion of mine, but I new I needed it, even if I would be paying for it later. And so…

Other activities had kept me away from the trail for over a week, but I can never stay away from such an interesting route for very long. And so it was, after checking the weather forecast, that I decided to go for the next stage of the Trans Swiss Trail last Saturday. The days was…

I decided not to wait but to move ahead with the next stage of the Trans Swiss Trail while the weather was settled and dry. Notice that I don’t say that it was warm. I have a theory that the weather is often related to the phases of the moon. After all, if the moon…