Andy Rodker

Andy Rodker deceased

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View from my (very occasional) bedroom window, early one morning. Looking over Poldice valley.

View from my (very occasional) bedroom window, early one morning. Looking over Poldice valley.
Dawn, August 2014. St Day, Cornwall.
Well, it's still my bedroom window even if I haven't spent more than 10 nights here in the past 5 years!
The building in front is the annexe to my parents house. It comprises a good sized ground floor kitchen and on the upper floor bedrooms and a bathroom. This annexe used to be a temporary bedding down place for tin miners who had worked a late shift; the property being in the possession of a tin mine captain.
Poldice Valley seen in the distance and with a chimney just visible, was a world centre of arsenic mining and production. Even today, 150 years later , nothing grows there and certainly no houses can be be built on the poisoned land. The life expectancy of the miners was horrendous! Not all Cornwall is romantic!!!

Au Cœur... diagonalhorizon, Jenny McIntyre, William Sutherland, and 30 other people have particularly liked this photo


51 comments - The latest ones
 Pam J
Pam J club
Storm a-coming !
7 years ago.
 Andy Rodker
Andy Rodker club
Thanks Pam! I forget if there was a storm that night or not! It was a few years ago! Best wishes, Andy
7 years ago.
 sasithorn_s
sasithorn_s
Beautiful silhouettes against dramatic morning sky! Very nicely captured, Andy!
7 years ago.
 Ulrich John
Ulrich John club
You have a great morning-view ! Wow ! Have a nice day, Andy !
7 years ago.
 Doug Shepherd
Doug Shepherd club
Cracking dramatic sunrise Andy, what a sky!

Best wishes, Doug
7 years ago.
 Andy Rodker
Andy Rodker club
Therese,
Juleann,
Sasi,
Ulrich, only on average one week a year!
Doug,
Many thanks to you all.
Best wishes,
Andy
7 years ago.
 Nouchetdu38
Nouchetdu38 club
Great shot!!!!!!!!!!!!
7 years ago.
 Andy Rodker
Andy Rodker club
Ian (I've almost forgotten, I stay here so little!),
Nouchet,
Thank you both!
7 years ago.
 Marie-claire Gallet
Marie-claire Gallet
WOW, such a dramatic sky, Andy !!!!!!!
7 years ago.
 Gudrun
Gudrun club
Smashing sky!
7 years ago.
 Ernest CH
Ernest CH club
Threatening clouds
7 years ago.
 Keith Burton
Keith Burton club
Fantastic light and silhouettes!
7 years ago.
 Tanja - Loughcrew
Tanja - Loughcrew club
Is it your childhood bedroom Andy? Sweet memories ;)
7 years ago.
Andy Rodker club has replied to Tanja - Loughcrew club
Hi Tanja! Thank you but sadly not!
This is my parents' house which they bought in 1998. I moved here from London before I moved to Spain. I had this as my bedroom only for a year (2009-10) but it is still called Andrew's bedroom by my parents! And I still think of it as my bedroom. It still has most of my personal things there; nearly 1,000 books, music, paintings, etc,etc!
7 years ago. Edited 7 years ago.
 Karl Hartwig Schütz
Karl Hartwig Schütz club
Beautiful view, Andy! Best regards, Karl
7 years ago.
 gezginruh
gezginruh club
Hi Andy,

It is a very nice picture!!
Maybe some beautiful childhood memories...
I like it very much!
Best wishes
Füsun
7 years ago.
Andy Rodker club has replied to gezginruh club
Hi fusun. Thank you! Please see my reply to Tanja for an answer!
7 years ago.
 Mario Vargas
Mario Vargas club
stuning shadows and highlights
7 years ago.
 Andy Rodker
Andy Rodker club
Marie-claire,
Gudrun,
Roger,
Nick,
Claudia,
Ernest,
Keith,
Tanja,
Karl,
fusun,
Mario,
Many thanks to you all. Best wishes,
Andy
7 years ago.
 Malik Raoulda
Malik Raoulda club
Superbe atmosphere nébuleuse ++++++
7 years ago.
 Andy Rodker
Andy Rodker club
Thank you Malik!!
7 years ago.
 Andy Rodker
Andy Rodker club
Many thanks, Richard!
7 years ago.
 Andy Rodker
Andy Rodker club
Many thanks, Ron.
7 years ago.
 Kama 56
Kama 56
jolie pénombre
7 years ago.
 Andy Rodker
Andy Rodker club
Ron,
Els,
Kama,
Many thanks!
7 years ago.
 Martine
Martine
Une vue magnifique.
7 years ago.
 Andy Rodker
Andy Rodker club
Thank you, Martine!
7 years ago.
 RHH
RHH
Lovely view, Andy. To your parents it will always be your room, I am sure.
7 years ago.
 Andy Rodker
Andy Rodker club
Thank you Ron. It's a shame I seem to be the only current contributor to the group!
7 years ago.
 Andy Rodker
Andy Rodker club
Thank you, @ngelique!
7 years ago.
 Ecobird
Ecobird club
Great view Andy. Congrats on Explore. Well deserved
7 years ago.
 Andy Rodker
Andy Rodker club
Thank you Carol. Is it on Explore? Who chooses explore photos I wonder???? All best wishes, Andy
7 years ago.
 Jaap van 't Veen
Jaap van 't Veen club
Beautiful view (and picture).
Congrats on Explore.
7 years ago.
Andy Rodker club has replied to Jaap van 't Veen club
Thank you very much,Jaap!
7 years ago.
 Amelia
Amelia club
Our daughter left home to go to Uni in 1993, and we still have a lot of her 'clutter' hanging about in the house, Andy. The bedroom is now a guest room, but we still call it Liz's bedroom. Do you parents ever request that you remove some stuff? ;-)
Congrats on Explore.
7 years ago.
Andy Rodker club has replied to Amelia club
thank you, Amelia.
The same; it is also a guest room. But I only lived here for one year and I was already over 50!
I have relatively adult things there, not the teenage junk of the previous time I lived with my parents! The only thing is that occasionally I badly miss a book that I suddenly want for a class or a CD or something, but it's no great hardship. I do miss my wine cellar though! Ryan Air's weight restrictions preclude me from bringing it to Madrid. I tell my father to select a bottle from to time to time if he judges it might be at its peak or in danger of going downhill. I certainly don't begrudge them slowly getting through my collection and I enjoy them when I do return!
Sorry.
Another long answer.
The short answer is No!
7 years ago.
 Andy Rodker
Andy Rodker club
Thank you Nadia!
7 years ago.
 L. L. Wall
L. L. Wall club
... preceding commenters have taken all the good accolades, so I will simply agree with them: a striking eye-catching photograph ...

I suppose we all have "our own old bedroom windows" ... mine used to look out onto fields, groves of trees, and a beautiful stream valley with a pristine trout steam; a few years ago, all was dynamited and bulldozed for a noisy, busy interstate highway ... yup, I'm pretty bitter about that ...
7 years ago.
 Andy Rodker
Andy Rodker club
Wally, thank you. And yes it's horrid when that happens!
7 years ago.
 Rosalyn Hilborne
Rosalyn Hilborne club
Very dramatic! I like it :)
7 years ago.
 Andy Rodker
Andy Rodker club
Thank you Rosa. I think you said the same when I posted it on Pano back in 2014!
:o)
Best wishes, Andy
7 years ago.
 Elbertinum
Elbertinum club
You are a lucky man :-)
7 years ago.
Andy Rodker club has replied to Elbertinum club
Thank you Elbertinum. Not so lucky. I live in Spain and have spent a total of maybe 10 nights there these past 5 years!
7 years ago.
 Andy Rodker
Andy Rodker club
Thank you fifi. Interesting comment. It's true that people don't learn the lessons of history!
6 years ago.
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
Terrific capture!

Admired in:
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6 years ago.
 Andy Rodker
Andy Rodker club
Thank you, William!
6 years ago.
 Andy Rodker
Andy Rodker club
Muchas Gracias, Meral!
5 years ago.
 Andy Rodker
Andy Rodker club
Thank you, Rashid!
5 years ago.
 Roger (Grisly)
Roger (Grisly) club
Fascinating capture with a terrific sky
Thank you for posting your image in the group
www.ipernity.com/group/west.of.england
13 months ago.
Andy Rodker club has replied to Roger (Grisly) club
Many thanks, Roger!
13 months ago.

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