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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