{"id":3953,"date":"2023-04-24T20:52:01","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T19:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/?page_id=3953"},"modified":"2023-04-24T20:52:01","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T19:52:01","slug":"week-15-the-beach-at-dawn-a-fire-drill-cycling","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/?page_id=3953","title":{"rendered":"Week 15: the beach at dawn, a fire drill, cycling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A miscellaneous week, with no headline events, just the usual activities of cycling, walking on the beach promenade, and of course going to work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>15_1<\/strong><br \/>\nPostiguet beach in the centre of Alicante is becoming crowded again as the weather has turned seriously nice:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2023\/15_1.jpg\" alt=\"DSF2809\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>15_2<\/strong><br \/>\nA family of four taking a break in the centre:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2023\/15_2.jpg\" alt=\"DSF2807\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>15_3<\/strong><br \/>\nMonday after Easter is also a day off here, so I did a long bike ride in the morning, going to Aig\u00c3\u00bces and on towards Relleu, one of the prettiest roads around here. This is the view north towards the mountains, taken from an altitude of about 500 metres:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2023\/15_3.jpg\" alt=\"1030153\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>15_4<\/strong><br \/>\nLooking towards Aig\u00c3\u00bces and Alicante from the same spot:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2023\/15_4.jpg\" alt=\"1030158\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>15_5<\/strong><br \/>\nA closer view of Aig\u00c3\u00bces and Alicante:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2023\/15_5.jpg\" alt=\"1030156\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>15_6<\/strong><br \/>\nA fellow cyclist:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2023\/15_6.jpg\" alt=\"1030157\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>15_7<\/strong><br \/>\nOne day we had a periodic evacuation drill at the office. The day is announced in advance but the exact time is kept secret. When the alarm goes off, we leave the building and gather at a designated grassy space outside. I do not mind those occasions, as they provide me with photo opportunities:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2023\/15_7.jpg\" alt=\"DSF4531\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>15_8<\/strong><br \/>\nAlexandra shows something interesting to Kasia and Katarina:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2023\/15_8.jpg\" alt=\"DSF4535\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>15_9<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2023\/15_9.jpg\" alt=\"DSF4534\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>15_10<\/strong><br \/>\nBack home, the cactus I inherited from my mother 22 years ago showed signs of life now that spring is firmly here:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2023\/15_10.jpg\" alt=\"R007749\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>15_11<\/strong><br \/>\nOne early morning I went to the beach before sunrise. It was completely empty and I loved the pre-dawn light:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2023\/15_11.jpg\" alt=\"DSF4538\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>15_12<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2023\/15_12.jpg\" alt=\"DSF4539\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>15_13<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2023\/15_13.jpg\" alt=\"DSF4540\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>15_14<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2023\/15_14.jpg\" alt=\"DSF4544\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>15_15<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2023\/15_15.jpg\" alt=\"DSF4542\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>15_16<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2023\/15_16.jpg\" alt=\"DSF4543\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>15_17<\/strong><br \/>\nThe last four images have the canine theme. First, a young woman and her friend take a break on the square in Agost:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2023\/15_17.jpg\" alt=\"1030159\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>15_18<\/strong><br \/>\nAt a table at 100 Montaditos, a place on the beach where I sometimes stop for a beer on my way home:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2023\/15_18.jpg\" alt=\"R007745\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>15_19<\/strong><br \/>\nI continued my &#8220;Dogs of Consum&#8221; project. This big boy was calm:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2023\/15_19.jpg\" alt=\"R007746\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>15_20<\/strong><br \/>\nThis cutie was more lively, and his human was most helpful; she was standing behind me and encouraging her dog to pose:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2023\/15_20.jpg\" alt=\"R007748\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A miscellaneous week, with no headline events, just the usual activities of cycling, walking on the beach promenade, and of course going to work. 15_1 Postiguet beach in the centre of Alicante is becoming crowded again as the weather has turned seriously nice: 15_2 A family of four taking a break in the centre: 15_3 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":3855,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3953"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3953"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3953\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3957,"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3953\/revisions\/3957"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}