Very good Nathan!
...Wayne
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> Subject: [OM] Nathan's PAD 3/7/2022: sometimes a detour is not bad
>
> 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
>
>
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>
> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
>
> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
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>
> YNWA
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