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Fuchsia, St Day Garden, Cornwall

Fuchsia, St Day Garden, Cornwall

12 Aug 2014 36 42 782
August 2014. My mother's garden.
San Lorenzo de El Escorial and blackberries.

San Lorenzo de El Escorial and blackberries.

24 Aug 2015 25 34 740
The impressive, huge, awe-inspiring yet oppressively grim monastery-palace of Felipe II is a little softened seen through the brambles! Taken from the Roman road.
Downtown Truro.

Downtown Truro.

07 Aug 2015 27 37 762
Truro, Cornwall's County town has many attractive corners such as this.
A favourite tree by the Roman road (I now wish I'd saved it for a Friday!)

A favourite tree by the Roman road (I now wish I'd…

19 Aug 2015 9 17 500
The Roman road near El Escorial passes by this fine oak. Photo taken in August 2015 (ignore the incorrect exinf!).
Sierra de La Cabrera and Spanish Lavender

Sierra de La Cabrera and Spanish Lavender

16 Jun 2014 58 75 1009
Spring flowers - June 2014. The Lavender flowers earlier in the valleys than here. It used to be called French or Provencal lavender because it has the same two top purple leaves (not petals) but recent DNA profiling showed that it is a different variety found only in Central and Southern Spain and Portugal.
Spring in Algete, Madrid province, May 2016.

Spring in Algete, Madrid province, May 2016.

20 May 2016 28 38 640
The grass is green and the spring flowers are doing their thing. But this lasts for 3 weeks at most. The rest of the year the country here is brown, yellow and burnt.
HFF!!!! ... OK, I'm stretching it a little bit! :o)

HFF!!!! ... OK, I'm stretching it a little bit! :o…

21 Oct 2011 32 42 662
Príncipe Pío metro and mainline railway station, Madrid
Gurnard's Head, Zennor, Cornwall

Gurnard's Head, Zennor, Cornwall

17 Jul 2012 63 74 1248
South West Peninsula Coast Path. Tin mine ruins, July 2012
My final comment on what Google did to Panoramio!

My final comment on what Google did to Panoramio!

09 Nov 2012 35 82 1225
My girlfriend is never to see this (although she ought to be secretly proud of it!)!!! Hoyo de Manzanares, November 2012.
Madrid, Plaza Isobel II, very good buskers

Madrid, Plaza Isobel II, very good buskers

04 Jan 2012 24 32 643
This lot were superb! Even I felt moved to give a little something!
Sierra de La Cabrera, granite

Sierra de La Cabrera, granite

29 May 2011 37 41 899
I like this strange scraped rock.
Godrevy, August 2014

Godrevy, August 2014

25 Aug 2014 43 52 709
Godrevy Island, Godrevy lighthouse, Godrevy Point, Cornwall
Madrid street art. 'Siesta' by Sam3

Madrid street art. 'Siesta' by Sam3

05 Feb 2013 36 41 827
Without my notes to this shot, stolen unexpectedly by Google, I'm afraid I no longer have the details of the artist and related info. Very sorry and not a little bit annoyed! UPDATE on 11/04/18: Thanks to ipernity member, Jim Kerslake, I can now name the artist and the piece: "Siesta" by Sam3 - www.sam3.es/painting.html Many thanks, Jim!
La Cabrera, Convento de San Antonio, January sun.

La Cabrera, Convento de San Antonio, January sun.

28 Jan 2012 21 34 690
Convento Monasterio de San Julian y San Antonio. Situated below Canchos Largo and Gordo, Sierra de La Cabrera. Please refer to the excellent comments below (of 19th November 2016) from my friend Campayo 2016 for very interesting background information.
Granite. Sierra de La Cabrera

Granite. Sierra de La Cabrera

10 Mar 2012 20 23 587
View from the slopes of El Cancho Largo to Mondalindo.
Pico de La Miel

Pico de La Miel

26 May 2012 48 52 775
Sierra de La Cabrera, May 2012. Pico de La Miel, cantueso (wild lavender field), encina (holm oak) and granite.
Hospital Infanta Sofia metro station

Hospital Infanta Sofia metro station

14 Jun 2013 19 23 488
Escalators at the metro station. June 2013
Porthcadjack from Carvannel Downs, Cornwall

Porthcadjack from Carvannel Downs, Cornwall

05 Aug 2011 64 66 1263
View from the South West Peninsula Coast Path to Asparagus and Samphire Islands and to North Cliffs and Godrevy, with West Penwith in the distance.
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