Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2022/07/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, the ride started around 7 a.m. and the picture was taken around 9 a.m. Several hours away from beer time ;-) Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman photo at frozenlight.eu http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.frozenlight.eu YNWA > On 4 Jul 2022, at 19:26, Sonny Carter via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> > wrote: > > 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 >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information