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Yes, it IS a fence! Of sorts!! Behind is San Lorenzo de EL Escorial and Abantos.

I know I've posted this square before but it's a pleasing place. And anyway, back problems mean I don't walk as far as I did even 2 weeks ago so I was pleased to walk this far today.

Madrid's obelisk memorial to its war dead. Not far from the Museo del Prado. It was taken on November 11th, last year but not at 11 am! (Perhaps better on full screen).

Azca business Centre, Madrid. I posted these fences a few years ago when they were red! I think this colour gives them more elegance.

This was built just in time for the World Cup in 1982 with the final (Italy 3 : West Germany 1) played in the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu just visible to the right. It was used as the press centre.

Red fence, gates, palm and a creeping vine.

Another small park (Parque Ríos Rosas) adjoining the Canal Isabel II water company´s works. No, it's not closed because of Covid but because of high winds (Hurricane Alex). I saw the two fences and thought it might work.

Photography exhibition inside the (empty!) water tower. The metal stairway winds all the way up to the top with exhibits on 5 floors.

Designed as the main Madrid thoroughfare in the1890s, it wan't constructed until the 1920s and 30s.

Every century or so as Madrid expanded after becoming the capital of Spain, water was needed in ever greater amounts and the mountains to the north supplied it. This is an 18th century ruin showing one of the periodic attempts to keep up with the insatiable demand for water.

The water company, Canal de Isabel II, had to keep up with Madrid's expanding population and water needs and constructed reservoirs (in the Mountains of Madrid), canals and aqueducts throught the 19th century. The first main deposit was amost in the centre of the city and opened in 1858. This is the second and the third was opened in 1905 (I have posted shots of its water tower). Since the 1950s, the water system has expanded exponentially. Deposits I, II and III have long been defunct. This is being transformed into a park and could open soon, Covid-19 permitting.

Plaza de Olavides, Madrid (an octagonal 'square'!)

Instituto Homeopático y Hospital de San José. I hold absolutely no truck with the snake-oil fraud that is homeopathy - but this, the first homeopathy institution in Spain, is an intriguing architectoral edifice, built by architect José Segundo de Lema in 1877. It became very derelict until rebuilt in 2008. Sadly, it is still a school for that awful pseudo-science that should have been made criminal decades ago, no matter what Prince Charles thinks..

Saint Day, Cornwall. Best on black (z).

My local park is still closed. I'm sure it's because of the much-used running track seen here. It would have been crammed full of joggers, mostly without masks, so the authorities had no choice I suppose.

Basset Cove, Cornwall, coastal erosion.

Nuevos Ministerios. Garden entrance / exit.

I don't know what this is. All I know is that it is in the grounds of the Isabel II water company.