Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2022/07/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The sunflowers were shyly turning away because we know why Nathan stops his bike in the middle of nowhere . . . He has processed the lunch beer. Regards, Sonny http://sonc.com <http://sonc.com/look/> Natchitoches, Louisiana 1714 Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase USA On Mon, Jul 4, 2022 at 12:18 PM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > Always nice to travel somewhere new. The sunflowers look disappointed - > must be the lack of sun. > > D > > On 04/07/2022 10:21, Nathan wrote: > > On Saturday my wife played in a golf tournament, at La Mange Golf Resort > near Cartagena, about 140 km from Alicante. We decided to make a weekend > getaway out of this, and spent 2 nights at a nice hotel right next to the > golf course (our balcony was facing the green on the 18th hole). I was the > driver and trailing spouse, but thanks to having a decent-sized car, we > were able to bring my bike with us in addition to my wife's golf stuff and > other baggage, and I went for rides both Saturday and yesterday. > > > > Yesterday's ride was going to be a relatively short 27 km affair, > getting out at 7 a.m. But when I was planning the route, Google neglected > to tell me that a section of about 4 km on my planned route was unpaved and > completely unsuitable for my road bike with skinny tires. So the ride > turned out about 12 km longer than planned since I had to take a longish > detour. But there was a nice side effect. I passed this sunflower field in > lovely morning light: > > > > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-MWS79cS/A > > > > In the far distance you can just make out the ugly urban sprawl of > hotels and vacation apartments on La Manga. > > > > Cheers, > > Nathan > > > > Nathan Wajsman > > Alicante, Spain > > > > > > http://www.frozenlight.eu > > http://http://www.greatpix.eu > > > > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > > > > Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > > Cycling: 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 >