[Leica] Nathan's PAD 12/6/2022: a bike ride

[Don Dory]

As you well know Spain has some very good beers suitable for quenching a
well earned thirst.

On Sun, Jun 12, 2022, 2:01 PM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:

> I will be unable to cycle for a week, since tomorrow morning I have an
> early meeting and on Tuesday morning I depart for a business trip to my
> favourite country, Denmark, where I will stay until Sunday but with no time
> for cycling. So today I wanted to do a proper ride, and I decided to go to
> the Carrasqueta mountain pass, a good 35 km climb from sea level where I
> live to 1020 meters. Once you leave the coast, temperatures here are on the
> wrong side of 40C (104F in imperial money) so the key was to leave early,
> around 8:15, to make sure that any climbing would be done before it got
> seriously hot.
>
> About 6 km from the pass there is a roadside bar called Venta Teresa where
> I always stop for a Coke and a snack. Part of the attraction (aside from
> the fact that this is the ONLY such facility during the last 15 km of the
> climb) are the funny decorations they have:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-fxsVFFc/A <
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-fxsVFFc/A>
>
> Including this “weather station” which I have translated in the caption:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-XsM2r9b/A <
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-XsM2r9b/A>
>
> The owner came out to greet me while I was taking the preceding photos:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-Mhb3W9m/A <
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-Mhb3W9m/A>
>
> After enjoying my snack (an empanadilla de atún) I got back on the bike
> and climbed the remaining 300 meters over 6 km. The views from the pass
> never get old:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-Jz8h9Ht/A <
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-Jz8h9Ht/A>
>
> The buildings on the coast are Alicante (to the right) and El Campello
> (where I live) to the left.
>
> Then I got back on the bike and let gravity to its thing to get me home.
> After uploading my ride to Garmin Connect, I saw that the maximum
> temperature reached 42C. No wonder I have been thirsty all day.
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
> photo at frozenlight.eu
>
> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
> http://www.greatpix.eu
> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>
> YNWA
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