Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/05/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well done on the brevet, Nathan. It's a pity that photographs don't capture cold - unless there's snow of course. On the previous images, I'm curious as to what the circular item is at the corner of Lars's Dad's grave? Douglas On 01/05/2018 06:43, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > A brevet is a type of long-distance cycling event, where the goal is not > to finish first but to complete the route within the allotted time > (including the intermediate controls). On Saturday, Lars and I had signed > up for a 200 km brevet in central Jutland, with start and finish in the > town of Herning. Earlier in the week, the weather forecasters promised dry > weather that day, but on Friday they changed their mind and the forecast > was now for rain in the afternoon. And so it proved. Eight images follow. > > Herning is about 90 km from Aarhus (where Lars lives), so had to get an > early start to be at the starting point for the 7 a.m. start: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-qZm7DMN/A > > The participants receive last-minute instructions and encouragement from > the organiser: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-d5PSTwg/A > > There were four control points along the route, places where we had to get > our route card (brevet) stamped to prove that we were there. The first of > these control points was a bakery in the town of Brande, after 31 km: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-XTNG8mP/A > > During the morning the cycling was easy and pleasant. The route was pretty > flat, there was only a bit of wind, and the weather was dry: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-w8cCnXF/A > > The third control was at 99 km in the town of Videb?k, which had some kind > of street fair going on, so we had a bit of entertainment while eating the > usual pastries from the bakery where we had our cards stamped (in this > case, the choice of where to stamp the cards was ours to make, but a > bakery was always our preferred option): > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-ZVQvfQC/A > > As promised by the weather people, at about 1 p.m. the weather turned > nasty. The wind picked up, the temperature fell, and it started raining. > So when we stopped at the fourth control point in Ulfborg, after 135 km, > the priority was to get something warm on board: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-pdBvXGt/A > > There was another control at 159 km, but at that point I was so cold and > wet that I was in no mood to take any more pictures. We had a coffee and a > hot dog and continued the ride. After 205 km, we were exhausted but > satisfied. We had completed the course with more than 2 hours so spare, > and the medal was the first tangible reward: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-3k5zdkz/A > > Further rewards came once we had driven home to Aarhus, put the bikes away > and taken our showers: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-QZHbqDt/A > > This day was the centerpiece of my trip to Denmark?it combines cycling, > friendship with Lars, being in my home town, and drinking good beer. > > 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/ > <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator > <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information