Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/01/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My best friend Lars was visiting me this past week. He had been down with a bout of pneumonia, and I have my lingering rheumatoid arthritis, but that did not stop us from cycling up to the Puerto de la Carrasqueta, at 1020 meters above sea level, yesterday. Five images: The road and the landscape: https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-HHkS8ZB/A 6 km from the top, we stopped for a Coke break at Venta Teresa: https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-LLPpvVW/A Venta Teresa is popular among motorcyclists, and the proprietors have set up signs like this one: https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-zc2zfF9/A With good reason; I had not been up there for several months, and there were several new memorials along the road, like this one: https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-rSPnSsv/A There is a reason why the Guardia Civil has begun to patrol more intensively on weekend on those mountain roads. After arriving at the top, Lars and I took the customary cheese selfies before heading back home, 35 km, mostly downhill: https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-pTLSfHt/A Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> YNWA "I?m not arguing, I?m just explaining why I?m right"