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

[Douglas Barry]

A testing ride with a that climb and a bag full of cheeses, Nathan, and 
lightheadedness is no joke as bicycle crashes are very unforgiving. I 
know from bitter personal experiences myself. I'm currently being nailed 
to the cross with a resurgence of my 33 year old cycling back injury. 
Moral: lift Christmas trees out of your car boot VERY carefully.
My youngest son also just found out about cycle bangs as he crashed his 
bicycle slipping on a oil slicked manhole cover a couple of weeks ago. 
After a spectacular somersault, he was out with a badly damaged helmet, 
a broken right clavicle, what was initially thought to be a separated 
right AC joint, and, in addition, was also thought to have a broken 
scaphoid on his left side. He's back home from his apartment for the 
duration. having his food cut up by his parents, but good news in that 
the further MRI and x-rays last week, show only a slightly torn A/C 
joint and just a chipped triquetrium on the left, so healing will be a 
lot quicker.

My own impersonation of Quasimodo means I won't be waving cameras about 
during the holidays.

Douglas

On 22/12/2019 18:08, Nathan Wajsman 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.
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> 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.
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> Nathan Wajsman
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> Alicante, Spain
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