{"id":4400,"date":"2024-08-14T05:24:03","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T04:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/?page_id=4400"},"modified":"2024-08-14T05:47:44","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T04:47:44","slug":"week-30-beach-life-and-cycling","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/?page_id=4400","title":{"rendered":"Week 30: beach life and cycling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week was part of my 3-week summer vacation, spent at home, relaxing, cycling and even occasionally going to the beach with my wife, not something I do a whole lot&#8211;my favourite way to enjoy the beach is to sit at a table on the promenade with a cold beer and enjoy the view.<\/p>\n<p><strong>30_1<\/strong><br \/>\nI start with some cycling photos. I went to Villajoyosa and Benidorm early in the week, a ride of just 60 km or so but with constant climbs and descents, making it quite hard in the heat. I stopped at Playa Bol Nou at 9 a.m., there were already a few beach goers:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2024\/30_1.jpg\" alt=\"1040263\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>30_2<\/strong><br \/>\nVillajoyosa is an important fishing harbour&#8211;many of the fish we buy at the local supermarkets are landed there&#8211;but on this Sunday the boats were in the harbour:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2024\/30_2.jpg\" alt=\"1040266\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>30_3<\/strong><br \/>\nI like to look at details:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2024\/30_3.jpg\" alt=\"1040269\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>30_4<\/strong><br \/>\nOutside the bar, where the fishermen quench their thirst and shoot the breeze after the day&#8217;s work is done:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2024\/30_4.jpg\" alt=\"1040274\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>30_5<\/strong><br \/>\nAnother day I cycled towards Relleu. This is one of the prettiest routes around here:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2024\/30_5.jpg\" alt=\"1040284\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>30_6<\/strong><br \/>\nBesides cycling, I also cooked the kind of food that I would not normally make on a weekday, such as these haloumi\/courgette skewers, marinated in a green sauce and then grilled:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2024\/30_6.jpg\" alt=\"R000462\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>30_7<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2024\/30_7.jpg\" alt=\"R000467\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>30_8<\/strong><br \/>\nTime to eat:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2024\/30_8.jpg\" alt=\"R000465\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>30_9<\/strong><br \/>\nLater in the week, the heat became more intense, and even during the morning hours it was already hot and hazy. Here is a view of Alicante from the road to Aigues, my most frequent cycling route:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2024\/30_9.jpg\" alt=\"1040293\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>30_10<\/strong><br \/>\nAnd here is the view of Alicante from the Urbanova beach south of the city. Alicante is barely visible due to the haze:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2024\/30_10.jpg\" alt=\"1040294\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>30_11<\/strong><br \/>\nOne afternoon my daughter and I drove to Santa Pola to have her paddle board repaired. On the way back we stopped at a beach bar along the coastal road from Santa Pola to Arenales del Sol:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2024\/30_11.jpg\" alt=\"DSF4317\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>30_12<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2024\/30_12.jpg\" alt=\"DSF4320\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>30_13<\/strong><br \/>\nThere was a great view of the island of Tabarca:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2024\/30_13.jpg\" alt=\"DSF4322\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>30_14<\/strong><br \/>\nThen pictures of beach life, mainly from Playa Muchavista, 500 meters from my house. An African vendor of flowery dresses and towels prowls the beach looking for customers:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2024\/30_14.jpg\" alt=\"1040286\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>30_15<\/strong><br \/>\nChannelling Elliott Erwitt:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2024\/30_15.jpg\" alt=\"1040288\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>30_16<\/strong><br \/>\nThe rescuers have a water motorbike so that they can reach a person in trouble quickly. In late afternoon, it is time to push the vehicle back to the storage shed:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2024\/30_16.jpg\" alt=\"1040304\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>30_17<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2024\/30_17.jpg\" alt=\"1040305\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>30_18<\/strong><br \/>\nA video call at the water&#8217;s edge:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2024\/30_18.jpg\" alt=\"1040308\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>30_19<\/strong><br \/>\nFather and son:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2024\/30_19.jpg\" alt=\"1040309\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>30_20<\/strong><br \/>\nFinally, my late mother&#8217;s cactus did its thing this week, again:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2024\/30_20.jpg\" alt=\"R000468\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>30_21<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2024\/30_21.jpg\" alt=\"R000469\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week was part of my 3-week summer vacation, spent at home, relaxing, cycling and even occasionally going to the beach with my wife, not something I do a whole lot&#8211;my favourite way to enjoy the beach is to sit at a table on the promenade with a cold beer and enjoy the view. 30_1 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":4205,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4400"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4400"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4403,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4400\/revisions\/4403"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}