Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2022/06/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]As you well know Spain has some very good beers suitable for quenching a well earned thirst. On Sun, Jun 12, 2022, 2:01 PM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > I will be unable to cycle for a week, since tomorrow morning I have an > early meeting and on Tuesday morning I depart for a business trip to my > favourite country, Denmark, where I will stay until Sunday but with no time > for cycling. So today I wanted to do a proper ride, and I decided to go to > the Carrasqueta mountain pass, a good 35 km climb from sea level where I > live to 1020 meters. Once you leave the coast, temperatures here are on the > wrong side of 40C (104F in imperial money) so the key was to leave early, > around 8:15, to make sure that any climbing would be done before it got > seriously hot. > > About 6 km from the pass there is a roadside bar called Venta Teresa where > I always stop for a Coke and a snack. Part of the attraction (aside from > the fact that this is the ONLY such facility during the last 15 km of the > climb) are the funny decorations they have: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-fxsVFFc/A < > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-fxsVFFc/A> > > Including this ?weather station? which I have translated in the caption: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-XsM2r9b/A < > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-XsM2r9b/A> > > The owner came out to greet me while I was taking the preceding photos: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-Mhb3W9m/A < > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-Mhb3W9m/A> > > After enjoying my snack (an empanadilla de at?n) I got back on the bike > and climbed the remaining 300 meters over 6 km. The views from the pass > never get old: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-Jz8h9Ht/A < > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-Jz8h9Ht/A> > > The buildings on the coast are Alicante (to the right) and El Campello > (where I live) to the left. > > Then I got back on the bike and let gravity to its thing to get me home. > After uploading my ride to Garmin Connect, I saw that the maximum > temperature reached 42C. No wonder I have been thirsty all day. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > photo at frozenlight.eu > > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.frozenlight.eu > > YNWA > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information