Cistus, lavender and broom. Lavender H. A. N. W. E. Everyone! Granite World! Mountain stream and ventilation tower for the rail… The Four Towers, Madrid seen from the The Needles… Cistus, lavender, granite Wispy and foggy. (Could describe my mental agility… Mountain stream, nearly dried up. The Green Green Grass ... of Madrid Province in S… H. A. N. W. E. everyone! Granite country Valdemanco parish church with Mondalindo a broodin… Rock Window - Torre de Valdemanco on the skyline. Sierra de La Cabrera. The eastern ridge from Canch… Monastery and Cerro de La Cabeza San Lorenzo de El Escorial Mountain goats again. Sierra de La Cabrera Sierra de La Cabrera Very shallow mountain stream over granite. Land for sale - still! Spring in El Bosque De La Herrería, San Lorenzo de… Climber on Cancho Largo Rock window Mountain stream Sierra de La Cabrera, Cancho Gordo. View from my bedroom window to the central section… Outside the church in Guadarrama Guadarrama's iconic elm in the Plaza Mayor in fron… Guadarrama. HFF! A not-so-old 'church' in Guadarrama. Trumpet vine, Guadarrama. La Maliciosa seems to threaten even from that dist… La Meseta from Cancho Gordo. That elm survivor again. Granite. Behind Cancho Largo Sierra de Guadarrama from the Roman Road It's amazing what an odd stalk or two can do for a… Wild lavender Lichen on granite. San Lorenzo de El Escorial from the Herrería Woods… The line of the Roman road. Vultures soaring. Mountain stream babbling over granite. La Sierra de La Cabrera in its (small) entirity. C… Early Purple Orchid. Rock window and jagged ridge From my sister's. A stormy day. One more from my sister from her window. Cantueso Civil War look-out post. Sierra de La Cabrera Rock pools and (mini) arch in La Sierra de La Cabr… Oak in autumn. Bosque de La Herrería. San Lorenzo de El Escorial and Las Machotas as a b… Autumn in the Sierra Late spring wildflowers and granite HFF everyone! (Yes, there IS a fence there!) Cancho Largo The Palace Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial… Colmenar de Oreja. Iglesia Parroquial Santa María… Cistus (rock rose or jara) Buitrago de Lozoya, Madrid Province, Buitrago de Lozoya. Madrid Province. I MAY have shown this before! Certainly on Pano Typical Sierra de La Cabrera granite scenery A heroic, if lonely, juniper tree. Rock window, Sierra de La Cabrera Cistus, La Sierra de La Cabrera La Cabrera Town seen from Cancho Gordo, Sierra de… Poppy field Between Algete and Fuente el Saz de Jarama. 20 min… If dead trees could party ... this would be it! I could hear the mountain goats from here for the… Griffon vultures and their guano stained home. Can… Under El Cancho Largo, Sierra de La Cabrera A little cloud, or a free-falling, sky-diving shee… Typical late summer scenery in the Sierra de La Ca… This hand-like form does have a name and I knew it… Cantueso. (and granite) The monastery on a bitterly cold day (appearances… The last few days of this mountain stream, in this… Sierra de La Cabrera Las Agujas de El Cancho Gordo. Granite country. Lonesome tree Monastery with Sierra backdrop. (Best on black and… H. A. N. W. E. everyone! Christmas Day sunset over… The Valdemanco climbing crags, used primarily as a… Cantueso. Granite playground. Summer heat. Monastery and Pico de La Miel, Sierra de La Cabre… Chinchon back street. Mountain stream, granite and Spanish lavender. Granite and cistus Valdemanco from the ridge Pico de La Miel Granite Boulder showing off. (Best on black) Mountain stream, granite, cistus and Spanish laven… Griffon vulture circling and looking for lunch From Cancho Gordo to Pico de La Miel, Sierra de La… Not sure what this tree is but I feel I should kno… The dusty path Seen better days Cantueso and granite Puerto del Medio Celemin Spring revisited no 2. Cantueso, Sierra de La Cabr… I just adore this granite scenery! Roses and tiny visitor. Can you spot the ibex (mountain goats)? The Guardian and new oak leaf Las Agujas de El Cancho Gordo, granite country. Fu… Wild honeysuckle and EL Cancho de La Bola. Mushroom Rock, again! Typical Sierra de La Cabrera rock formations! Yes,… Convento Monasterio de San Julian y San Antonio. Spanish lavender, for Marie-claire. Apricot tree, Valderrey, Algete, Madrid. Mountain stream, granite and stonecrop They make full use of the granite boulders here in… Dusty path, granite, cistus and lavender. Mountain stream (the last of it before the summer… Cancho Gordo this way. (Very 'up' obviously. And s… HFF everyone. Cantueso, granite and cistus Cistus siblings and granite