Madrid

Like an oil painting.

La Sierra de La Cabrera (Madrid can be seen in the distance - just!)

Parque de Juan Carlos I, Madrid

A flat I was in for a couple of years a while back. Caught this beauty from the kitchen window.

Bridge over the Rio Manzanares, Madrid

Parque del Capricho, Madrid

Passing over the Casa de Campo. An empty cabin passing the other way. I teach, or have taught, Business English at the top of all the tall buildings on the skyline.

I enjoyed my few trips on the teleferico in the past couple of years.

A large park to the west of the city centre (formerly a royal hunting park) and from here overlooking Madrid's northern business areas

The Almudena Cathedral, Madrid. Taken from the Viaducto de Segovia. Sierra de Guadarrama in the distance.

The Christmas lights this year on Calle de Alcala, Madrid, Spain

Principe Pio station and behind it The Royal Palace and the Cathedral of Almudena, taken from a Teleferico cabin.

Those of you 'in the know' will remember that she simply will not tolerate a frontal photo (for no reason that I can see!) The park of El Pardo, northwest of Madrid.

A rare rainy day this year. Azca business centre, Madrid.

It rained in Madrid for the first time in about 300 years and I was caught out - no coat and no brolly! Azca business centre, Torre Picasso and this years' christmas lights - the same as last year's!

Now government buildings, originally built as a charitable hospital providing free health care. Built in the first two decades of the 20th century. My flat is a short distance from here.

I just liked the lines of the arches here! And the yellow platform edging.

I'm not a member of the TSC group but was inspired by what I saw earlier today! I was going to dust the bottles first but then thought; "no; I like the concept of 'dusty bottles' "! I found this wine rack a few years ago in a Penzance craft fair. It is idiosyncratic in that it holds 11, rather than the more usual 12 bottles. Anyway, I like it and it has followed me around faithfully! Currently it holds some of my top-of-the-range reds. The others are in Cornwall, sharing space with those in my Father's cellar!