[Leica] Nathan's PAD 28/4/2018: a brevet in central Jutland

[imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry)]

Well done on the brevet, Nathan. It's a pity that photographs don't 
capture cold - unless there's snow of course. On the previous images, 
I'm curious as to what the circular item is at the corner of Lars's 
Dad's grave?

Douglas


On 01/05/2018 06:43, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> A brevet is a type of long-distance cycling event, where the goal is not 
> to finish first but to complete the route within the allotted time 
> (including the intermediate controls). On Saturday, Lars and I had signed 
> up for a 200 km brevet in central Jutland, with start and finish in the 
> town of Herning. Earlier in the week, the weather forecasters promised dry 
> weather that day, but on Friday they changed their mind and the forecast 
> was now for rain in the afternoon. And so it proved. Eight images follow.
>
> Herning is about 90 km from Aarhus (where Lars lives), so had to get an 
> early start to be at the starting point for the 7 a.m. start:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-qZm7DMN/A
>
> The participants receive last-minute instructions and encouragement from 
> the organiser:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-d5PSTwg/A
>
> There were four control points along the route, places where we had to get 
> our route card (brevet) stamped to prove that we were there. The first of 
> these control points was a bakery in the town of Brande, after 31 km:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-XTNG8mP/A
>
> During the morning the cycling was easy and pleasant. The route was pretty 
> flat, there was only a bit of wind, and the weather was dry:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-w8cCnXF/A
>
> The third control was at 99 km in the town of Videb?k, which had some kind 
> of street fair going on, so we had a bit of entertainment while eating the 
> usual pastries from the bakery where we had our cards stamped (in this 
> case, the choice of where to stamp the cards was ours to make, but a 
> bakery was always our preferred option):
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-ZVQvfQC/A
>
> As promised by the weather people, at about 1 p.m. the weather turned 
> nasty. The wind picked up, the temperature fell, and it started raining. 
> So when we stopped at the fourth control point in Ulfborg, after 135 km, 
> the priority was to get something warm on board:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-pdBvXGt/A
>
> There was another control at 159 km, but at that point I was so cold and 
> wet that I was in no mood to take any more pictures. We had a coffee and a 
> hot dog and continued the ride. After 205 km, we were exhausted but 
> satisfied. We had completed the course with more than 2 hours so spare, 
> and the medal was the first tangible reward:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-3k5zdkz/A
>
> Further rewards came once we had driven home to Aarhus, put the bikes away 
> and taken our showers:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-QZHbqDt/A
>
> This day was the centerpiece of my trip to Denmark?it combines cycling, 
> friendship with Lars, being in my home town, and drinking good beer.
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
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