{"id":5554,"date":"2013-03-26T21:15:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-26T21:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2013\/03\/26\/too-cold-or-dark-for-pictures\/"},"modified":"2023-10-18T20:07:20","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T03:07:20","slug":"too-cold-or-dark-for-pictures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2013\/03\/26\/too-cold-or-dark-for-pictures\/","title":{"rendered":"Too Cold (or dark) for Pictures &#8230;&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.bikeroute.com\\\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\\\/2013\\\/03\\\/26\\\/too-cold-or-dark-for-pictures\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:58030937}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1100px; height: 719px;\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-original-height=\"719\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 1100px; height: 719px;\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-original-height=\"719\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2013\/03\/26\/too-cold-or-dark-for-pictures\/photo-9\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"1096\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"715\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"6214\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/photo.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"400,261\" data-comments-opened=\"\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"photo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/photo.jpg?fit=400%2C261&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/photo.jpg?fit=400%2C261&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/photo.jpg?w=1096&#038;h=715&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"1096\" height=\"715\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"1096\" data-original-height=\"715\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"photo\" alt=\"photo\" style=\"width: 1096px; height: 715px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>On a 36 degree day, only myself and the postman were out in the elements. I took this picture not far from where I began my 7-mile \u00a0ride. \u00a0It has been so frigid here of late that when I do get a day ride in, I&#8217;m usually too \u00a0cold by the time I have a few miles in my legs to stop and take a photograph. Or for that matter, while I am still on the bike, I don&#8217;t want to\u00a0expend the extra energy needed to reach into my pocket for my \u00a0camera phone.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The above should explain why you see so few pictures of Ireland in here any more. All compounded by the fact that my Mayors&#8217; Ride work and Cayo find me getting my miles in the dark&#8230;..<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On a 36 degree day, only myself and the postman were out in the elements. I took this picture not&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2013\/03\/26\/too-cold-or-dark-for-pictures\/\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,1,73],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ireland","category-uncategorized","category-uncategorized-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3VuuR-1rA","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5545,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2013\/06\/27\/german-cycle-seniors-in-ireland\/","url_meta":{"origin":5554,"position":0},"title":"German Cycle Seniors in Ireland","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"June 27, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"This couple, clearly in their 60's or early 70's were headed to\u00a0Westport when I caught up to them. 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