[Leica] Nathan's PAD 3/7/2022: sometimes a detour is not bad

[Nathan]

On Saturday my wife played in a golf tournament, at La Mange Golf Resort near Cartagena, about 140 km from Alicante. We decided to make a weekend getaway out of this, and spent 2 nights at a nice hotel right next to the golf course (our balcony was facing the green on the 18th hole). I was the driver and trailing spouse, but thanks to having a decent-sized car, we were able to bring my bike with us in addition to my wife's golf stuff and other baggage, and I went for rides both Saturday and yesterday.

Yesterday's ride was going to be a relatively short 27 km affair, getting out at 7 a.m. But when I was planning the route, Google neglected to tell me that a section of about 4 km on my planned route was unpaved and completely unsuitable for my road bike with skinny tires. So the ride turned out about 12 km longer than planned since I had to take a longish detour. But there was a nice side effect. I passed this sunflower field in lovely morning light:

https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-MWS79cS/A

In the far distance you can just make out the ugly urban sprawl of hotels and vacation apartments on La Manga.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain


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