Photography Club

[Lost in the Woods]

Not the best photo. This is my very French randonneuring bike. My trainer wants me riding on pavement more since it is easier to follow instructions when the surface is consistent. So I started riding my old rando bike yesterday. A nice change of pace and it really is a beautiful bike and a joy to ride.

 

[Lost in the Woods]

This is my fatty in Utah close to where I used to live. It was a beautiful place. II use this bike for desert riding when there is a lot of sand. I can go places with it a regular mountain bike can’t go. The perfect tool for desert crossings.

 

[Lost in the Woods]

Here is the fatty at the start of El Camino Del Diablo, a 146 mile ride between Ajo Arizona and Yuma Arizona along the Mexican border. The second photo is me at the Mexican border after completing a 412 mile ride on the Continental Divide trail.

 

[Lost in the Woods]

But wait, there is more. This is my travel bike in I think Serbia last summer. There is magic about travel on two wheels. Oh yes, and me paying my respects to law enforcement while watching the Tour of California bicycle race. The cop was good natured about it, he just asked me what kind of car I drove. Go figure.

 

[Ice_Fire]

Ah Scotland how I love you so. Mirror man at St Fillans.

 

[Lost in the Woods]

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Ah Scotland how I love you so. Mirror man at St Fillans.

Beautiful place to ride.

 

[jaccat]

Blossom day - and a showoff for a tree.

 

[Rose White]

@jaccat nice images of the tree! I like the different levels of zoom and the perspective of the trunk. Altogether, gives a good sense of the feeling of the tree! Looks like a stone fruit of some kind—cherry or plum? Is it just kind of feral?

 

[Rose White]

Some backlit flowers!

 

[jaccat]

@Rose White they were Hawthorn (May) or Blackthorn (Sloe) flowers, I can't remember which now. I took pictures of both. I don't know if you get them in your part of the world, they're very much a part of the countryside here.

 

[Rose White]

@jaccat oh cool! No we don’t have them here—but that explains why it looks feral! And why it looks like stone fruit, same family—rose family. I heard somewhere that the Hawthorne flowers are stinky, did you notice? IIRC, blackthorn might be more of a hedge, but not sure.

 

[jaccat]

@Rose White they smelled quite nice, I thought! Quite a strong scent, though.

Both can be grown as small trees or hedges. Some of the farmers here line their fields with them (as was the case in the photo) and at this time of year it's glorious (wildflowers are very much a passion of mine).