[Leica] Nathan's PAD 4/12/2022: a bike ride in Andalusia

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They don't get that many hurricanes in Spain . . .

Regards,

Sonny
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Natchitoches, Louisiana
1714
Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase

USA


On Mon, Dec 5, 2022 at 10:38 AM Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> Interesting that a lot of south Texas coastline is relatively free of
> tourist clutter.  Not to say it isn't here, but much of the actual coast is
> left to nature with some intervention to preserve the lowlands from the
> ship channel.  The housing is largely well away from the coast.
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> On Mon, Dec 5, 2022, 5:37 AM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> 
> wrote:
>
> > This is a 4-day weekend for many people in Spain, becase Tuesday Dec. 6th
> > is a national holiday, so everyone who can has taken Monday off to create
> > ?a bridge? as we call it. My wife is playing in a golf tournament in a
> > small town about 200 km south of Alicante, just south of the border
> between
> > the autonomous regions of Murcia and Andaluc?a (the nearest bigger city
> is
> > Almer?a). We are staying at a resort right on the coast, and while my
> wife
> > plays golf I ride my bike, exploring the local roads. Yesterday I cycled
> > south along a very nice coastal route. Five images follow.
> >
> > This part of Spain is a mix of tourism and agriculture?a high share of
> the
> > vegetables consumed in Spain and in Europe is grown in this region. This
> > was the view right at the start of my ride:
> > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-3bp7gvc/A <
> > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-3bp7gvc/A>
> >
> > The coastal road was truly lovely. The town in the distance is called
> > Villaricos:
> > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-ZP496cK/A <
> > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-ZP496cK/A>
> >
> > I stopped for a few minutes in Villaricos:
> > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-j4SZbBf/A <
> > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-j4SZbBf/A>
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> > I continued cycling south from Villaricos. The landscape became flat and
> > the cycling was easy, but the beatiful coastal views were gradually
> > replaced by urban sprawl. This is in the town Playa de Vera. A bit
> surreal
> > to see Santa while it is a sunny 20C:
> > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-z4n8jvM/A <
> > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-z4n8jvM/A>
> >
> > Still futher south, the town of Garrucha, now full tourist mode. I should
> > not knock it, I am a tourist here myself, and the sea and sunshine
> provides
> > people with a living. But it does not make for a particularly attractive
> > view, so I continued a few km more to a town called Mojac?r, where I
> turned
> > around and headed back to our hotel:
> > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-rPzKZSZ/A <
> > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-rPzKZSZ/A>
> >
> > Still, it was a nice few hours on two wheels, and a 70 km ride is always
> a
> > good thing.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Nathan
> >
> >
> > Nathan Wajsman
> >
> > Alicante, Spain
> > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/>
> > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu
> > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <
> > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
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> > http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/>
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> > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <
> > http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator>
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