One of my favourite cycling routes is up to the town of Jijona and then on to
the Carrasqueta mountain pass. The distance is 35 km and the ride takes me from
sea level to 1020 meters altitude. It is also a very pretty road, and of
course, once the climb is done, it is all downhill :-)
I did this ride again on Sunday, and since my little Ricoh GRII has been sent
to a repair shop in Valencia for sensor cleaning, I took my 10-years old
Panasonic GF1 with the 14-42mm kit lens. It worked quite well as a cycling
camera and gave me some more flexibility in terms of focal lengths. The image
quality is not as good as that of the Ricoh, but for daytime photography it is
good enough (the difference is mainly visible at high ISO).
Four images from the ride.
The beginning of the more serious part of the climb. At this stage, I have
climbed to about 500 meters and cycled 25 km. Now what is left is the last 10
km and 500 meter to get to the pass:
https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-5Szf96S/A
I had to pee, so I stopped at a place with pretty almond flowers. They are
everywhere right now:
https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-VpqfsK8/A
About 6.5 km from the pass there is a roadside bar with a large gravel parking
lot with homemade tables and benches that is very popular among the many
motorcyclists who enjoy the twisty mountain roads on weekends:
https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-gfkbKd7/A
And finally, the view from the top:
https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-Bf3p7qH/A
Cheers,
Nathan
Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
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YNWA
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