The Palace Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial… La Sierra de La Cabrera. The weather did turn for… Buitrago de Lozoya. Madrid Province. Buitrago de Lozoya, Madrid Province, Cistus (rock rose or jara) Sierra de La Cabrera - typical of its granite scen… HFF everyone!! Granite scenery near Zarzalejo, in Madrid Province… granite and prickly pear cactus. Griffon vulture at home among the granite cliffs. Sierra de La Cabrera, the far western end. Bustarviejo valley from La Sierra de La Cabrera Sierra de La Cabrera granite, finely poised. Sierra de La Cabrera Bustarviejo Valley from below Las Torres de Cancho… Wild lavender and mountain stream. Wild rose, Sierra de La Cabrera Monastery with Cancho Gordo behind. A searingly co… The Roman Road Mountain stream in granite country Wild (groovy, even!) lavender! Pico de La Miel, superlative walking country. H. A… Just granite. Nothing more. Nothing less. Las Machotas on a hot and hazy October day. There… Autumn in the Sierra Oak in autumn. Bosque de La Herrería. A spring walk near Algete. San Lorenzo de El Escorial and Las Machotas as a b… Civil War look-out post. Sierra de La Cabrera Rock pools and (mini) arch in La Sierra de La Cabr… Cantueso One more from my sister from her window. La Sierra de La Cabrera in its (small) entirity. C… Early Purple Orchid. Mountain stream babbling over granite. The line of the Roman road. Vultures soaring. Sierra de Guadarrama Wild lavender It's amazing what an odd stalk or two can do for a… In Penzance this alley's equivalent is called Squ… Sierra de Guadarrama from the Roman Road San Lorenzo de El Escorial from the Herrería Woods… Granite. Behind Cancho Largo La Meseta from Cancho Gordo.