{"id":1624,"date":"2016-05-24T11:06:22","date_gmt":"2016-05-24T10:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/?page_id=1624"},"modified":"2016-05-24T11:07:27","modified_gmt":"2016-05-24T10:07:27","slug":"week-21-at-home-family-visits-jumilla-cycling","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/?page_id=1624","title":{"rendered":"Week 21: At home: family visits, Jumilla, cycling"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was a week spent at home with the usual pursuits of work, cycling and so on. But we also had my in-laws from Puerto Rico visiting, and my daughter flew in from Wales to spend a week with us, including a celebration of her 22nd birthday on May 18th. <\/p>\n

21_1<\/strong>
\nBut first some pictures from home, starting with my Cheeta. She just turned 15, and her hearing is not as good as it once was. So when I come back from my bike rides, she does not always wake up right away when I open the gate:
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21_2<\/strong>
\nThen I talk to her and she does wake up:
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21_3<\/strong>
\nAs if anticipating my daughter’s visit, my late mother’s cactus got ready to bloom again. This is Saturday afternoon:
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21_4<\/strong>
\nSunday afternoon, almost there:
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21_5<\/strong>
\nMonday morning, in all its glory:
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Monday was a day off for me, and my sister-in-law wanted to visit some alternative medicine guy in a town called Jumilla, about 100 km from Alicante. So I drove her there to get a little day trip out of that.<\/p>\n

21_6<\/strong>
\nThe area is a major wine producer, and Jumilla has its own Denominaci\u00c3\u00b3n de Origen (the Spanish equivalent of the French Appellati\u00c3\u00b3n Contr\u00c3\u00b4l\u00c3\u00a9e):
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21_7<\/strong>
\nI loved this statue, just on the outskirts of town, next to the road:
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21_8<\/strong>
\nIn the centre of Jumilla. No doubt about wine’s central place in the town’s identity:
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21_9<\/strong>
\nTruth be told, Jumilla is a sleepy town in the interior of Murcia province. There not much of the coastal vibe here:
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21_10<\/strong>
\n“Please do not leave garbage here”:
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21_11<\/strong>
\nHearts:
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21_12<\/strong>
\nThe town is nothing special but its location in the landscape is visually attractive:
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21_13<\/strong>
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21_14<\/strong>
\nLate Monday evening, I drove to Alicante airport to be met by this joyous sight:
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21_15<\/strong>
\nOn Wednesday we all met for lunch to celebrate Monica’s birthday. On the way from the car park to the chosen restaurant (Bhodigreen, Alicante’s best vegetarian restaurant), I stopped to snap this little guy patiently waiting for his people:
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21_16<\/strong>
\nMonica talking to her aunt Damarys (my sister-in-law from Puerto Rico):
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21_17<\/strong>
\nA photo:
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21_18<\/strong>
\nWe brought Monica’s presents to the restaurant:
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21_19<\/strong>
\nMonica likes to experiment with make-up, and to document the results with close-up photos. So she was very pleased with the macro lens I got her:
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21_20<\/strong>
\nOn Wednesday night, Monica and I went to the Crowley bar to watch the Europa League final between Sevilla and my beloved Liverpool. The result was not what I wanted but I still enjoyed spending an evening with my little girl who is not so little anymore:
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21_21<\/strong>
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21_22<\/strong>
\nHaving a smoke outside while keeping an eye on the game:
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21_23<\/strong>
\nBack to my dog walks. Morning light, Avenida Vicente Ramos:
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21_24<\/strong>
\nMorning light, our house:
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21_25<\/strong>
\nTwo pigeons:
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21_26<\/strong>
\nNow one pigeon:
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21_27<\/strong>
\nOn Saturday morning, I cycled up to the Puerto de la Carrasqueta mountain pass, as I often do. On the way to Jijona, I passed this herder with one dog a small flock:
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21_28<\/strong>
\nThe wider view. He was taking the animals to pasture. The road is a relatively new highway, CV800, connecting Alicante to Alcoi and passing by Jijona:
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21_29<\/strong>
\nAbout an hour later. At this point, I have been climbing for about the 21 km indicated, there is another 8 km left to the top. There were lots of cyclists on the road, taking advantage of ideal cycling conditions:
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21_30<\/strong>
\nAt the pass there were lots of cyclists. Both the main species were represented, road cyclists (of which I am one) and mountain bikers:
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On Saturday night we went to a small party in Benidorm, and met some of our usual friends there.<\/p>\n

21_31<\/strong>
\nA hug:
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21_32<\/strong>
\nThis is the nice thing about friends; they discovered that I had taken the previous picture and reacted by posing for me:
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21_33<\/strong>
\nTalking to his son:
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21_34<\/strong>
\n“You don’t say!”:
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21_35<\/strong>
\nA hearty laugh:
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