[Leica] Nathan's PAD 22/12/2019: a bicycle ride to buy cheese

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

The last three for me, especially, the triumphant look in the last one! :-)
Cheers
Jayanand

On Sun, Dec 22, 2019 at 11:38 PM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>
wrote:

> As I do every Sunday, I took a bike ride this morning. I decided for a
> somewhat strenous ride to the town of Tibi, to buy homemade goat cheese in
> Lili’s shop.
> Tibi lies in a valley in the mountains above Alicante, at an altitude of
> about 500 meters; to get there from my house, I have to climb up to 620
> meters or so, then descend to Tibi, then climb out of the valley to a pass
> at 725 meters, and then finally go home via Jijona. The length of the ride
> is 70 km but it is the climbing that makes it hard. But there are some nice
> views along the way. Five images.
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> Looking back towards Alicante from the first break, 26 km from home, at
> about 400 meters elevation:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-tGHW79V/A
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> After some more huffing and puffing, I can see Tibi through the naked
> almond trees:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-FwbQKdf/A
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> After 40 km, I can park my bike outside Lili’s shop:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-FkbmjbK/A
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> Lili, surrounded by her goat cheeses and some other products of similar
> artesanal producers in the area:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-h3m9KCv/A
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> After buying my cheese (in case you wonder, I carried it in the handlebar
> bag), there is the small matter of climbing out of the Ibi valley, a 3 km
> climb up to this pass:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-w7Cfps4/A
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> After this selfie, no more stopping—it is 27 km to get home, mostly
> downhill of course.
>
> I had miscalculated my food intake and started getting a bit lightheaded
> towards the end of the ride, but by then I was almost home. All was well.
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
>
> Alicante, Spain
> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/>
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> 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>
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> YNWA
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