Cancho Largo from Cancho Gordo

Many thanks, Steve!

Thank you, John!

Excellent shot!

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Berny,
Nick,
Larry,
William,
Thank you very much!

What a structure. Like a puzzle...

I see what you mean! That's granite for you!
Thank you, Udo!

Impressive !

Plenty of foreground interest again there Andy... I guessed that 'Cancho' would indicate a feature.. as it's seen twice..you will know it.. but I looked it up... ''Rock or stone''
Cheers from Dave.

I've seen it applied as meaning 'peak' or 'summit' in this part of Spain and so it means more than just 'stone', Dave - but then the Spanish seem curiously uninventive when it comes to naming mountains. I've seen a few Cancho Gordos ('Fat Peak' ) and Cancho Largos ('Long Peak') on maps, as well as Peak of the Boulder, Peak of the Head, both near here but the best (and most least-inventive, if you see what I mean) is undoubtedly Pico de La Miel ('Honey Peak'), a nice enough name for this summit to be the only one that most Madrid folk know by namefrom this mountain range on their doorstep - even if it is by no means the highest!
Have a good Sunday after your extra hour's slumber!

Brilliant capture, Andy *********************

Je suis un fan de belles, roches..

A very interesting comparison of front and backgrounds.

Thanks, John. Granite in the foreground but not elsewhere. This accounts for the marked difference in the look of the two areas. Mondalindo, the mountain opposite, was mined for silver and gold and also for quartz, although I don't know what this was used for and I don't know the the underlying geological structure. Its flanks, which I pass by on the bus, remind me of North Wales slate quarrying areas. My Spanish isn't good enough to easily look it up!

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Well taken, showing the beautiful textures so well.

Superb rock pile and view!

These rocks are amazing..................it's easy to think that someone had carefully laid them in place making sure they all fitted together perfectly............like building a dry stone wall but on a massive scale.

That's what you get with this particular type of granite, Keith!