{"id":1168,"date":"2014-03-25T07:34:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-25T06:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/?page_id=1168"},"modified":"2014-03-25T07:34:00","modified_gmt":"2014-03-25T06:34:00","slug":"week-12-santa-pola-el-huerto-de-carmen","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/?page_id=1168","title":{"rendered":"Week 12: Santa Pola, el huerto de Carmen"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was a week without travel, and even with a day off in the middle, as Wednesday was a public holiday here. So lots of cycling, and a Saturday spent in the company of good friends.<\/p>\n

12_1<\/strong>
\nA random picture from the office, my colleague Inge in her “rock chick” outfit:
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12_2<\/strong>
\nI used Wednesday morning to cycle up to Benidorm and back, a ride of about 70 km. Just south of Benidorm I noticed a fresh bunch of flowers at the roadside. Many of the roads on which I cycle, while nice and safe during the day, are dangerous at night, as evidenced by such memorials:
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12_3<\/strong>
\nI used Wednesday afternoon to drive down to Santa Pola, a fishing town 20 km south of Alicante which I often visit on the bicycle. This time I wanted to go for a walk around the harbour with my “good” camera:
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12_4<\/strong>
\nPeeling paint and reflections:
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12_5<\/strong>
\nSanta Pola is today more a tourist town than a fishing town, but fishing is still an important part of life here, and certainly defines the identity of the town. This statue is called “Despedida de pesquero”, the farewell of the fisherman:
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12_6<\/strong>
\nThe beach in the centre of Santa Pola. The building on the right houses a series of garage-like rooms used by the fishermen to store their stuff:
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12_7<\/strong>
\nPart of the attractiveness of the harbour are the many bars in the area:
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12_8<\/strong>
\nOne of the reasons I often include Santa Pola in my rides is the coastal road leading north towards Alicante. From that road I have views such as this very clear view of the island of Tabarca:
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12_9<\/strong>
\nThe beach along the road has little or no sand, it is rocky and spectacular:
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12_10<\/strong>
\nRock and wave:
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12_11<\/strong>
\nIt does not rain much, so whatever grows here must have long roots:
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12_12<\/strong>
\nOn Saturday morning I was out cycling again, this time in the mountains, on roads like this:
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12_13<\/strong>
\nThe weather was strange, sunny at times but hazy or misty at other times. It was actually nice to photograph the village of Busot in something other than harsh sunshine:
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12_14<\/strong>
\nAfter the bike ride, we drove to Almorad\u00c3\u00ad, where our friends Hilari\u00c3\u00b3n and Carmen had invited us to one of our occasional multiple hour lunches. Here is Hilari\u00c3\u00b3n making his signature rice:
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12_15<\/strong>
\nYes, we are about to eat:
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12_16<\/strong>
\nPosing baby on wine barrel. Hilari\u00c3\u00b3n and Carmen have a wine distribution business:
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12_17<\/strong>
\nAfter the long meal, I went for a walk in the surrounding fields, playing with my fisheye lens:
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12_18<\/strong>
\nA selfie among the citrus trees:
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12_19<\/strong>
\nBack at the house, late afternoon sun:
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12_20<\/strong>
\nWe are never allowed to leave this house without an early evening “snack”, usually a tortilla. So a search party was organised to pick some fava beans in the field:
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12_21<\/strong>
\nAnd then father and son made a tortilla of artichokes and fava beans. Everything, including the eggs, was local produce:
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12_22<\/strong>
\nThe evening snack–tortilla, salad and bread:
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More pictures from the glorious afternoon in Almorad\u00c3\u00ad are here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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