November 2015 – Page 2 – The Adventures of Melvyn and Lesley

Beach iPone photos

Looking for some ideas on using perspective in my pictures, I ventured to the beach and took some snaps with my phone.

Run

Last runs before our Cross de la Artilleria race on Sunday so just a gentle run.

Dorsal is what the Spanish call the race number you pin to your vest. The plan was to collect the numbers and vests (you get two technical T-shirts) and then go for lunch at a little restaurant we know in a pretty bay just outside Cartegena. Number collection was from El Corte Inglés in Cartegena was very efficient with the army (organisers) completely on the ball.

Unfortunately when we got to the restaurant it was closed for refurbishment. We decided to explore the area and discovered what must be the energy hub for the area. Based on the edge of the sea, it’s ideal for boats to bring in the gas, oil and other necessary essentials to keep the power on.

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The narrow road led us to the top of the mountain giving us lovely views all round.

We found our way back to the main road network and headed off to Espacio Mediterraneo to have lunch and do a little shopping.

Run

4 Bridges run today.

HDR images

I seem to be spending more time taking pictures than windsurfing at the moment. These pictures are actually 6 pictures, each at a different exposure which are then merged to create a photo with High Dynamic Range.

Book: The Target by David Baldacci

The Target (Will Robie #3)

An okay read but not compelling. Official synopsis below.

The President knows it’s a perilous, high-risk assignment. If he gives the order, he has the opportunity to take down a global menace, once and for all. If the mission fails, he would face certain impeachment, and the threats against the nation would multiply. So the president turns to the one team that can pull off the impossible: Will Robie and his partner, Jessica Reel.Together, Robie and Reel’s talents as assassins are unmatched. But there are some in power who don’t trust the pair. They doubt their willingness to follow orders. And they will do anything to see that the two assassins succeed, but that they do not survive.As they prepare for their mission, Reel faces a personal crisis that could well lead old enemies right to her doorstep, resurrecting the ghosts of her earlier life and bringing stark danger to all those close to her. And all the while, Robie and Reel are stalked by a new adversary: an unknown and unlikely assassin, a woman who has trained her entire life to kill, and who has her own list of targets—a list that includes Will Robie and Jessica Reel.