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
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http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
http://www.greatpix.eu
http://www.frozenlight.eu
YNWA
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