Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/12/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The last three for me, especially, the triumphant look in the last one! :-) Cheers Jayanand On Sun, Dec 22, 2019 at 11:38 PM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > As I do every Sunday, I took a bike ride this morning. I decided for a > somewhat strenous ride to the town of Tibi, to buy homemade goat cheese in > Lili?s shop. > Tibi lies in a valley in the mountains above Alicante, at an altitude of > about 500 meters; to get there from my house, I have to climb up to 620 > meters or so, then descend to Tibi, then climb out of the valley to a pass > at 725 meters, and then finally go home via Jijona. The length of the ride > is 70 km but it is the climbing that makes it hard. But there are some nice > views along the way. Five images. > > Looking back towards Alicante from the first break, 26 km from home, at > about 400 meters elevation: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-tGHW79V/A > > After some more huffing and puffing, I can see Tibi through the naked > almond trees: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-FwbQKdf/A > > After 40 km, I can park my bike outside Lili?s shop: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-FkbmjbK/A > > Lili, surrounded by her goat cheeses and some other products of similar > artesanal producers in the area: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-h3m9KCv/A > > After buying my cheese (in case you wonder, I carried it in the handlebar > bag), there is the small matter of climbing out of the Ibi valley, a 3 km > climb up to this pass: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-w7Cfps4/A > > After this selfie, no more stopping?it is 27 km to get home, mostly > downhill of course. > > I had miscalculated my food intake and started getting a bit lightheaded > towards the end of the ride, but by then I was almost home. All was well. > > 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