Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2022/06/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Great pictures, Nathan. Your dogs are very cute ! (though my liking of dogs is doubtful ...) JM Jean-Michel Mertz 68750 - Bergheim ________________________________ De : LUG <lug-bounces+j2m46=hotmail.fr at leica-users.org> de la part de Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> Envoy? : dimanche 12 juin 2022 21:01 ? : Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>; Olympus Camera Discussion <olympus at thomasclausen.net> Objet : [Leica] Nathan's PAD 12/6/2022: a bike ride I will be unable to cycle for a week, since tomorrow morning I have an early meeting and on Tuesday morning I depart for a business trip to my favourite country, Denmark, where I will stay until Sunday but with no time for cycling. So today I wanted to do a proper ride, and I decided to go to the Carrasqueta mountain pass, a good 35 km climb from sea level where I live to 1020 meters. Once you leave the coast, temperatures here are on the wrong side of 40C (104F in imperial money) so the key was to leave early, around 8:15, to make sure that any climbing would be done before it got seriously hot. About 6 km from the pass there is a roadside bar called Venta Teresa where I always stop for a Coke and a snack. Part of the attraction (aside from the fact that this is the ONLY such facility during the last 15 km of the climb) are the funny decorations they have: https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-fxsVFFc/A <https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-fxsVFFc/A> Including this ?weather station? which I have translated in the caption: https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-XsM2r9b/A <https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-XsM2r9b/A> The owner came out to greet me while I was taking the preceding photos: https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-Mhb3W9m/A <https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-Mhb3W9m/A> After enjoying my snack (an empanadilla de at?n) I got back on the bike and climbed the remaining 300 meters over 6 km. The views from the pass never get old: https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-Jz8h9Ht/A <https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-Jz8h9Ht/A> The buildings on the coast are Alicante (to the right) and El Campello (where I live) to the left. Then I got back on the bike and let gravity to its thing to get me home. After uploading my ride to Garmin Connect, I saw that the maximum temperature reached 42C. No wonder I have been thirsty all day. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman photo at frozenlight.eu http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.frozenlight.eu YNWA _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information