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Camp Cameron was the US Forces army base for black service personnel in the UK in WWII. They were placed here, in Out-Of-The-Way Cornwall so as not to frighten the poor timid natives. Joe Louis was based here and wrote that he was bored out of his mind! Now, no trace remains of the camp which was situated above St Agnes Head.

South West Peninsula Coast Path, typical summer flora. Crane Island in mid distance, Godrevy and St Ives in far distance.

From left to right, El Cancho de La Bola, home of vultures (they are on it, having a siesta), El Cancho Gordo and El Cancho Largo, the reverse of the adjoining photo taken from the other side of the ridge.

La Sierra de La Cabrera. granite and juniper.

My first visit to Pedraza in 2012. es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedraza_(Segovia)

Taken in Spring 2014, please ignore the exif date - always wrong in this camera and no one has been able to fix it! This is an area due for complete redevelopment. It lies between the Four Towers and Chamartin Station and has been an eyesore since the beginning of the recession (except for a few weeks in Spring!). I did have to remove a few beer cans and empty cigarette packets first!

Another view of this far southwest corner of Cornwall, granite in the foreground, Land's End in the far distance. In the middle distance at the left, The Cot Valley running into the sea, once very heavily industrialised (tin mines). Low tide.

Small island and even smaller island as seen from the South West Peninsula Coast Path at Newdown's Head, Cornwall.

A minor Roman road - not linking any major towns - probably built for transport of minerals mined in the Sierra de Guadarrama. But well preserved in a few places such as this. Elsewhere all the stones have been half-inched for wall construction!

Cornish granite sea-cliff scenery. Lichen and rock samphire in the foreground.

Garden, Saint Day. I make no excuses for posting another photo from my mother's garden. In any case, I haven't posted as many as some people seem to think and none for a few months!!

Foxglove. St Agnes Beacon, Cornwall

Moggaraz is a very pleasant (and touristy) town in the Sierra de Francia, Salamanca Province. All of Its 300 odd inhabitants in 1967 agreed to have their photos taken and large-scale paintings were taken from those photos and placed on the walls of their homes, some years later. Whether you find this strange or superb, it it is certainly different! Whoever pitched this concept to these naturally conservative and cautious country folk must have been a sales genius!

Near Penberth Cove, Porthcurno and Logan Rock, West Penwith, Cornwall. It actually is a rock window but I couldn't get the whole frame in the shot without falling off the cliff edge behind me. ... And that I would not do, even for my art!! :o)

My mum's garden at Saint Day again!

Sorry about the title; I couldn't resist it (and yes, I do know the correct spelling!) Godrevy Lighthouse, Island and Point. Lots of clear water and lots of mussels! (I cooked moules marinieres later that day!)

I can't now remember how this came about but I liked it and tarted it up a bit in editing. Originally done in 2013 and first posted in ipernity in 2017.