Valentin Jacquemin

23 Aug 2026

This dates back to July 2017 when Loïc and I attempted to run the Tour des Dents du Midi. I had an early fall and made us bail out at kilometer 30. Oli picked us up and offered us a moment of hospitality I don’t forget.

Almost 10 years after, we give this tour a second try. I feel excited and anxious.

03 Aug 2026

Give the digital world a break.

We’ve had a wonderful time up there, a marmots dominion.

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22 Jun 2026

I was very excited to see this beauty strolling Munich recently.

When I was a lad, I’ve been scheduled for an orchiopexy. I had to stay at hospital and that’s the first stay at hospital I remember. After the operation, my mum came with as a present a model car of this Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing. Mine was red. Until this day, I remember my fascination.

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01 Jun 2026

We rented a community oven for a day, a 5 minutes drive away from home, how cool is that!

Turns out, getting up when pitch dark outside is easy if it’s for a baking day. There is still much to learn, but ain’t it crazy that such a simple thing as baking bread is filled with so many variants, options and expertise? Such a thrill.

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13 Apr 2026

For 3 month my baking habits have been rekindled. A 10 minutes drive away from home, we’ve found a lovely mill where I get the white flower. Once a week, I bake bread. That brings so much joy. Life may be that simple.

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16 Mar 2026

Met those cute small girls, peacefully grazing. Had the idea to go back to this place, it’s years I’ve been there on a run. Part of nature reserve, we’ve had a lovely walk.

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19 Jan 2026

Flock of sheep grazing on the field visible from our dining room
Sheep grazing in the sun
Sheep grazing in the sun

That time of the year when flocks of sheep move from pasture to pasture, grazing around our place. How lovely to observe the shepherding dogs, watchful, very quick to move around to keep all of them grouped and under control. Always under the supervision of the shepherd.

Three links about that:

  1. Devenir berger, une reconversion à la mode
  2. Les derniers bergers itinérants de Suisse
  3. Over 1,000 sheep migrate to Alpine pastures in Swiss tradition

04 Aug 2020

30h dans les montagnes, ça déconnecte un homme. Pour le meilleur, les batteries rechargées, j'en ai relaté quelques sections, c'est en ligne, le lien est dans la bio.
#trailrunningswitzerland #jwrunnerfamily #myswitzerland #mountains #mountainlovers #trailrunning #trail #montreuxtrailfestival #mxtreme #ultrarunning

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28 May 2019

C’est le surlendemain le plus dur. La tête un peu dans les choux, on se réhabitue à la vie de bureau mais le blues se fait sentir. 4 jours à gambader dans les montagnes, depuis le pas de ma porte jusque Interlaken en passant par quelques collines encore bien saupoudrées de neige, c’est clair qu’on aimerait que ça ne s’arrête pas!
#homeaare #trailrunning #oberland #myswitzerland @jw_runners #stockhorn #timetoplay #running #traverse #mountains

20 Mar 2019

«J’ai l’impression, à respirer, que j’emplis mes poumons de ciel.» – Walter Bonatti