Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/05/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I just checked, Laga is NOT on the list of prohibited stuff - great relief in these quarters ;-) Thanks for the visual ride Nathan :-) F?licitations pour le brevet! Amities Philippe, who went on such a ? tour ? this morning, walking, and finished in time. Also, after seeing the carparks here and there full of non-residents? cars, wondering about the carbon-print of such ?green ? outings ? > Le 1 mai 2018 ? 19:39, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> a ?crit : > > Well, paste what Ted said. As a post script the weather would indicate a > strong need for Lagavullan for medicinal purposes of course. > > On Tue, May 1, 2018 at 12:51 PM, Ted Grant via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> > wrote: > >> Hi Nathan, >> Thankyou once again for a smashing spread of "photojournalism!" >> Your picture spreads on bike tours or otherwise are always heart warming >> and efficient in story telling! >> Back in the days when magazines/book publishers published fine works of >> photography showing excellent works of photojournalism, you would have >> been >> a world renowned recognized photog without question. >> Thanks again for an excellent spread!! >> cheers, >> Dr. ted grant O.C. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On >> Behalf >> Of Nathan Wajsman >> Sent: April-30-18 10:43 PM >> To: Leica Users Group; Olympus Camera Discussion >> Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAD 28/4/2018: a brevet in central Jutland >> >> 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > -- > Don > don.dory at gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information