And yes, that Paul Simon — I turned my collar to the [sic] cool and damp — is one of my favourite lines of all, appropriately enough from I am a Rock.

I love Geneva. Haven’t been there in ages, since my best friend and I made a late-September trip to eat, drink and shop our way through a couple countries. It was an absolutely perfect time of year to be there.

I’m sure I ran past the place you mention, although at that early hour it was closed for food (as indeed was I).

Like you, I love to run on my travels like this. I managed similar outings in Zürich and Istanbul recently. It’s hard to think of two more dissimilar cities, although both have good running routes beside the water. I’ll be catching up with write of passage on those trips before too long.

As it happens, it rained on me in both places — but as in Geneva on the morning I describe, that’s no bar on savouring a run in a new city.

Enjoy your trip, and I’ll pass on some more Geneva tips next time we meet.

Last time I was in Geneva I dined at the waterside cafe next to the swimming zone on the lake. I forget the name – it may even have been on your route. The cafe, which doubles as changing rooms for summer swimmers, specialises in fondue – not my favourite by a long shot but on a frozen winters night with a chill wind racing in across the water it was most welcome. As was the mulled wine, dispensed in tumblers from an adjacent kiosk.

The place was filled with woollen-hat-clad locals trading giggly banter and hearty laughs – hardly stereotypical Swiss at all. Great city, lovely post.

Good luck with your trips and writing, and kind regards from London.