Andy Rodker

Andy Rodker deceased

Posted: 22 May 2023


Taken: 17 Sep 2011

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Las Agujas de Cancho Gordo

Las Agujas de Cancho Gordo
(The needles of Cancho Gordo). La Sierra de La Cabrera granite. I don't think I've posted this on ipernity: certainly on Panoramio. I'm looking forward to getting up there again after a l o o o n g five year absence (for a whole variety of reasons).

raingirl, Andrew Trundlewagon, Nora Caracci, Patrick Brandy and 45 other people have particularly liked this photo


35 comments - The latest ones
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
Awesome capture!

Admired in: www.ipernity.com/group/tolerance
11 months ago.
 Mario Vargas
Mario Vargas club
espectaculares formas
11 months ago.
 Andy Rodker
Andy Rodker club
William,
Mario,
Thank you both!
11 months ago.
 Eunice Perkins
Eunice Perkins club
I can certainly understand how much you must have missed your hikes. It is an outstanding area! I hope you and your camera are able to get there soon.
11 months ago.
 Pam J
Pam J club
WHEN YOU GET THERE TOUCH THE STONES FEEL THE VIBRATION THE POWER OF THE STONES.

JUST LIKE STONEHENGE. THE SIMILARITY MEANS THEY AR BATTERIES OF THE UNIVERSE TOO.
11 months ago.
Andy Rodker club has replied to Pam J club
THANK YOU PAM! I'VE POSTED A NICE ROCKPOOL PHOTO IN YOUR HONOUR!
THESE CAN ALSO GIVE GREAT VIBES I FIND!
11 months ago.
Pam J club has replied to Andy Rodker club
THANKYOU ANDY !!
11 months ago.
 Gillian Everett
Gillian Everett club
Impressive stones, hope you get back there soon.
11 months ago.
 Madeleine Defawes
Madeleine Defawes club
Superbe image !
Bonne journée. Amitiés
11 months ago.
 Jaap van 't Veen
Jaap van 't Veen club
What a stunning rock formations Andy.
11 months ago.
 Jeanne chevillard
Jeanne chevillard club
Magnifique !!!
11 months ago.
 Guy Bacca (guybac)
Guy Bacca (guybac) club
Un endroit étonnant... Superbe sculpture naturelle bien mise en valeur par cette belle lumière
11 months ago.
 Schussentäler
Schussentäler club
A very beautiful rock formation
11 months ago.
 Rosalyn Hilborne
Rosalyn Hilborne club
Fabulous formation and a superb shot Andy. I hope you get to see them in person again soon.
11 months ago.
 Jocelyne Villoing
Jocelyne Villoing club
spectaculaires et magnifiques !
11 months ago.
 Annemarie
Annemarie club
most beautiful image!

Have a happy week ahead!
11 months ago.
 ©UdoSm
©UdoSm club
Great Andy...
11 months ago.
 Ulrich John
Ulrich John club
A very pittoreske place, Andy !
11 months ago.
 Keith Burton
Keith Burton club
That collection of rocks looks very impressive Andy.................and I can see why you're so keen to visit them again.

Very well composed and taken.
11 months ago.
 Peter Castell
Peter Castell club
Fascinating it looks like a ruin
11 months ago.
 M♥rJ Photogr♥phy !! ( Marj )
M♥rJ Photogr♥phy !!… club
Nature is wonderful *************************
11 months ago.
 MaggsMep
MaggsMep club
Lovely image, looking forward to your next image of them.

Are you fully fit again now Andy?
11 months ago.
Andy Rodker club has replied to MaggsMep club
Thank you, Maggie. Probably, but the 7 months I spent in Cornwall without being able to follow a strict physio programme set me back quite a bit but I'm now trying to increase my stamina with 20,000 + daily paces including many flights of steps and uphill sections. So maybe in a month or two. I have to keep on working at it it. Today I caught Marta's bug and wasn't strong enough for any self physio. But it was worth as I was able to spend a few days with her for the first time in over a year! (a long story!)
11 months ago.
 Andy Rodker
Andy Rodker club
ºººThank you everybody. Am looking forward to a return of course, made even better by my discovery today that i get free metro and bus travel through the community of Madrid! So now I have no excuse! I keep forgetting I'm 65! I don't feel a day ove 40 (except when the opposite is the case, of course!)ººº
11 months ago.
 Jenny McIntyre
Jenny McIntyre club
Yes I can imagine how you feel about wanting to get back to how things used to be with you walking all over the Cabrera, but if you've caught Marta's bug, please take care of yourself - you could be prone to catching bugs more so now. I realise that I'm 75 when I try to walk around!!!! When I'm sitting down, then I still feel I'm in my 40's!!!!
11 months ago.
 Nouchetdu38
Nouchetdu38 club
Stunning rocks******************************
11 months ago.
 Christel Ehretsmann
Christel Ehretsmann club
like a wild town !
great !
11 months ago.
 Andy Rodker
Andy Rodker club
Jenny,
Nouchet,
Christel,
Very many thanks!
11 months ago.
 Fred Fouarge
Fred Fouarge club
geweldig die rotsen andy
11 months ago.
 Ecobird
Ecobird club
A terrific shot Andy. So grand and impressive and I am not surprised that you are itching to get back up there. Beautifully captured
11 months ago.
 Andy Rodker
Andy Rodker club
Fred,
Carol,
Many thanks to you both!
11 months ago.
 raingirl
raingirl club
Like Pam, I thought of stonehenge (which I saw this last summer, but only from a car in a traffic jam right next to it - ha!). Other standing stones I did get to touch.

Lovely photo of them.

Does this mean you are back in spain?
10 months ago.
Andy Rodker club has replied to raingirl club
Thank you, Laura!
This is an OLD photo, and I haven't been up there to see them in over 5 years. I might have done so today but today was a complete (and very welcome!) washout! So I took a tour of the palace of El Escorial instead and I'm glad i did. Been back in spain for three weeks now and might have to go back to Cornwall at any time!
10 months ago. Edited 10 months ago.
raingirl club has replied to Andy Rodker club
So glad you've gotten to travel again (even if you might have to go back to Cornwall on a moment's notice - I understand that issue). I knew this was an old photo - but you were sayin you might do it again, so I crossed my fingers that you had gotten to visit/go back to Spain.

And by the way, I noticed in your other comment here - 20,000 steps every day! Very impressive. I have a neighborhood walk that garners me about 2,000 steps (and lots of steep inclines - but no steps). We have stairs in our house and I don't count steps for everyday activiteis, but I'm sure it doesn't get to 20,000! I used to hike, but I still am searching for a current hiking partner.
10 months ago.
 Andy Rodker
Andy Rodker club
Thank you, Laura. My Dad has taken a step for the worse and my Mum has been officially diagnosed as being with Altzheimer´s (but I knew that a long time ago). We - my siblings and I - have been putting together a care package to cater for both and within their means, seeing as we can't provide 24/7 cover. One good thing thing is a change in attitude in that the council and NHS are prepared to keep people in their homes for as long as possible, unlike here in Spain where both my parents would have been institutionalised long ago. I think the UK's approach is on the whole a better one!
10 months ago.

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