Western Corsica

[Ken Rennie]

This is the gulf of Girolata in Western Corsica. Corsica is beautiful but travel in the centre and west is difficult. Roads are narrow, 2 cars can't pass without great care and sometimes backing up to find a slightly wider part. Some of the drops beside the road are scary. I have cycled here but it is the hardest thing that I have attempted and I have crossed the Alps many times but extremely steep hills, 90+ temperatutes and little or no shade and roads either go up or down, never flat. However the scenery and the smell of flowers and herbs makes up for any problems. Ken

 

[Ben Egbert]

Beautiful scene looking across those hills towards the sea. Does not look hot, but you were there. My wife says most of my images look hot because they depict dessert scenes.

 

[AlanLichty]

Stunning scenery. I like the view of the water.

A couple of stages of the Giro de Italia were held there a couple of years ago. The hills looked seriously challenging even for the world tour pros.

 

[Ken Rennie]

Beautiful scene looking across those hills towards the sea. Does not look hot, but you were there. My wife says most of my images look hot because they depict dessert scenes.

Ben I live in the frozen North so my idea of hot may not by yours. Shade temperatures and when cycling there is no shade gets regularly into the 90s. This is an early morning image from mid September with pleasant temperatures and an air conditioned car behind me. Ken

 

[JimFox]

Hey Ken, what a cool place, this view does come across as very isolated. It imparts that feel. Like Ben, with all of that green and the water in the distance this does not feel like it would be hot at all. So that's interesting, and of course bicycling up steep hills make most any temperature feel hot too.

 

[Ken Rennie]

It rains/ snows in the Winter and averages 25" a year. The red headland to the right is the start of the Scandola Nature Reserve and unlike most Nature Reserves it is reserved for Nature, no humans, you can't walk in, no roads and the only way to see it is by boat, but no landing. Ken

 

[Douglas Sherman]

Nice image of he forbidden land, Ken.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

A nice serene scene Ken.