Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2022/12/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]70k is pretty good, Nathan and the coastal road looked interesting. Is that some sort of coastal fort jutting out in that photo? On Moj?car, my youngest stayed for a couple of weeks there in 2009 with school pals after his Leaving Cert in an apartment of one of the parents. He did say the water was nice, but wasn't a fan of the place. There was a rush of Irish people buying apartments there back in the early noughties, and I knew another one who went mad and actually bought a bar out there . No bar experience, but it apparently seemed like a good idea at the time... Douglas On 05/12/2022 11:37, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > This is a 4-day weekend for many people in Spain, becase Tuesday Dec. 6th > is a national holiday, so everyone who can has taken Monday off to create > ?a bridge? as we call it. My wife is playing in a golf tournament in a > small town about 200 km south of Alicante, just south of the border > between the autonomous regions of Murcia and Andaluc?a (the nearest bigger > city is Almer?a). We are staying at a resort right on the coast, and while > my wife plays golf I ride my bike, exploring the local roads. Yesterday I > cycled south along a very nice coastal route. Five images follow. > > This part of Spain is a mix of tourism and agriculture?a high share of the > vegetables consumed in Spain and in Europe is grown in this region. This > was the view right at the start of my ride: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-3bp7gvc/A > <https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-3bp7gvc/A> > > The coastal road was truly lovely. The town in the distance is called > Villaricos: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-ZP496cK/A > <https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-ZP496cK/A> > > I stopped for a few minutes in Villaricos: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-j4SZbBf/A > <https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-j4SZbBf/A> > > I continued cycling south from Villaricos. The landscape became flat and > the cycling was easy, but the beatiful coastal views were gradually > replaced by urban sprawl. This is in the town Playa de Vera. A bit surreal > to see Santa while it is a sunny 20C: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-z4n8jvM/A > <https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-z4n8jvM/A> > > Still futher south, the town of Garrucha, now full tourist mode. I should > not knock it, I am a tourist here myself, and the sea and sunshine > provides people with a living. But it does not make for a particularly > attractive view, so I continued a few km more to a town called Mojac?r, > where I turned around and headed back to our hotel: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-rPzKZSZ/A > <https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-rPzKZSZ/A> > > Still, it was a nice few hours on two wheels, and a 70 km ride is always a > good thing. > > 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> > > ????? ???????! ?????? ?????! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information