[Leica] Nathan's PAD 28/4/2018: a brevet in central Jutland

Tue May 1 10:47:10 PDT 2018

Should have been Look magazine.

On 5/1/18 1:45 PM, Jim Hemenway wrote:
> For certain, Kook and Life magazines.  And, the rotogravure section in 
> many Sunday newspapers.
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> On 5/1/18 12:51 PM, Ted Grant via LUG wrote:
>> Hi Nathan,
>> Thankyou once again for a smashing spread of "photojournalism!"
>> Your picture spreads on bike tours or otherwise are always heart 
>> warming and efficient in story telling!
>> Back in the days when magazines/book publishers published fine works 
>> of photography showing excellent works of photojournalism, you would 
>> have been a world renowned recognized photog without question.
>> Thanks again for an excellent spread!!
>> cheers,
>> Dr. ted grant O.C.
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On 
>> Behalf Of Nathan Wajsman
>> Sent: April-30-18 10:43 PM
>> To: Leica Users Group; Olympus Camera Discussion
>> Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAD 28/4/2018: a brevet in central Jutland
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>> A brevet is a type of long-distance cycling event, where the goal is 
>> not to finish first but to complete the route within the allotted 
>> time (including the intermediate controls). On Saturday, Lars and I 
>> had signed up for a 200 km brevet in central Jutland, with start and 
>> finish in the town of Herning. Earlier in the week, the weather 
>> forecasters promised dry weather that day, but on Friday they changed 
>> their mind and the forecast was now for rain in the afternoon. And so 
>> it proved. Eight images follow.
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>> Herning is about 90 km from Aarhus (where Lars lives), so had to get 
>> an early start to be at the starting point for the 7 a.m. start:
>> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-qZm7DMN/A
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>> The participants receive last-minute instructions and encouragement 
>> from the organiser:
>> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-d5PSTwg/A
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>> There were four control points along the route, places where we had 
>> to get our route card (brevet) stamped to prove that we were there. 
>> The first of these control points was a bakery in the town of Brande, 
>> after 31 km:
>> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-XTNG8mP/A
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>> During the morning the cycling was easy and pleasant. The route was 
>> pretty flat, there was only a bit of wind, and the weather was dry:
>> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-w8cCnXF/A
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>> The third control was at 99 km in the town of Videbæk, which had some 
>> kind of street fair going on, so we had a bit of entertainment while 
>> eating the usual pastries from the bakery where we had our cards 
>> stamped (in this case, the choice of where to stamp the cards was 
>> ours to make, but a bakery was always our preferred option):
>> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-ZVQvfQC/A
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>> As promised by the weather people, at about 1 p.m. the weather turned 
>> nasty. The wind picked up, the temperature fell, and it started 
>> raining. So when we stopped at the fourth control point in Ulfborg, 
>> after 135 km, the priority was to get something warm on board:
>> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-pdBvXGt/A
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>> There was another control at 159 km, but at that point I was so cold 
>> and wet that I was in no mood to take any more pictures. We had a 
>> coffee and a hot dog and continued the ride. After 205 km, we were 
>> exhausted but satisfied. We had completed the course with more than 2 
>> hours so spare, and the medal was the first tangible reward:
>> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-3k5zdkz/A
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>> Further rewards came once we had driven home to Aarhus, put the bikes 
>> away and taken our showers:
>> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-QZHbqDt/A
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>> This day was the centerpiece of my trip to Denmark—it combines 
>> cycling, friendship with Lars, being in my home town, and drinking 
>> good beer.
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>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
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>> 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/> 
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>> Cycling: 
>> http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator<http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator>
>> YNWA
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