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

[Sonny Carter]

The sunflowers were shyly turning away because we know why Nathan stops his
bike in the middle of nowhere . . . He has processed the lunch beer.

Regards,

Sonny
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Natchitoches, Louisiana
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USA


On Mon, Jul 4, 2022 at 12:18 PM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:

> Always nice to travel somewhere new. The sunflowers look disappointed -
> must be the lack of sun.
>
> D
>
> On 04/07/2022 10:21, Nathan wrote:
> > 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
> >
> >
> > http://www.frozenlight.eu
> > http://http://www.greatpix.eu
> >
> > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
> >
> > Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
> > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator
> >
> > YNWA
> >
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