Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/05/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Liberation! Cheers Jayanand On Sun, May 3, 2020 at 3:50 PM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > Yesterday, 48 days of confinement ended. As from 6 a.m., people aged 14-69 > were allowed out to take walks and exercise, as long as social distancing > rules were respected, no swimming in the sea, when out running or cycling, > stay within your municipality, respect the time slots (6-10 and 20-23) etc. > So not complete freedom but vastly more than we have had for the past 7 > weeks. So I got up at 6 and by 8 I was on my bicycle, cycling towards the > hills along the beach road: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-kDkXgcx/A < > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-kDkXgcx/A> > > After about 8 km, I was at the foothills?how I have missed going there! > Exercising on a bike on rollers on my front porch has kept me in shape, but > it cannot be compared with being out there in the landscape: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-cQzWBSC/A < > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-cQzWBSC/A> > > I cycled as far up as I was allowed to. Fortunately, El Campello is a > fairly big municipality, so I was able to get within less than 2 km of > Aig?es and enjoy the view of Alicante from up there: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-QJNz6XS/A < > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-QJNz6XS/A> > > On my way back, I stopped in the fishing harbour. The boats were in and > the fishermen were arranging the nets and whatnot: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-xjPKxr6/A < > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-xjPKxr6/A> > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-zrDPcsS/A < > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-zrDPcsS/A> > > There were some people on the beach, and a few contravened the prohibition > against bathing, but in general people are respecting the restrictions. > Nobody wants to risk a spike in infections and a new lockdown: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-PW7HLSL/A < > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-PW7HLSL/A> > > Today I cycled again in the morning, and in the evening I will go for a > walk on the beach, just as I did last night. > > 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 > > "I?m not arguing, I?m just explaining why I?m right" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information