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

Tue May 1 10:53:05 PDT 2018

I just checked, Laga is NOT on the list of prohibited stuff - great relief in these quarters ;-)

Thanks for the visual ride Nathan :-)

Félicitations pour le brevet!

Amities

Philippe, who went on such a « tour » this morning, walking, and finished in time.
Also, after seeing the carparks here and there full of non-residents’ cars, wondering about the carbon-print of such ‘green » outings …

> Le 1 mai 2018 à 19:39, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> a écrit :
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> Well, paste what Ted said.  As a post script the weather would indicate a
> strong need for Lagavullan for medicinal purposes of course.
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> On Tue, May 1, 2018 at 12:51 PM, Ted Grant via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
> wrote:
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>> 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.
>> 
>> -----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
>> 
>> 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.
>> 
>> 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
>> 
>> The participants receive last-minute instructions and encouragement from
>> the organiser:
>> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-d5PSTwg/A
>> 
>> 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
>> 
>> 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
>> 
>> 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
>> 
>> 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
>> 
>> 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
>> 
>> 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
>> 
>> 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.
>> 
>> 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>
>> YNWA
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