Mountain stream. Sierra de La Cabrera

A storm overnight and the almost dry stream-bed comes to life. Rosemary bush in flower in the foreground.
The tower was a mystery to me when I first saw it in 2010 and is still a mystery. I can't get any info (certainly not much sense!) out of the older guys in the local bars, no matter how much Mahou I bribe them with!! I will have to try whisky next time!
I later learnt it was an air shaft for the railway line that ran below the mountains here. The line closed in 2012. I recall seeing the trains run here for a year beforehand. Now it is a popular, if spooky, walk through the tunnell (5 km).
First posted n 2017.

appo-fam, Cämmerer zu Nau, Fred Fouarge, Jenny McIntyre and 69 other people have particularly liked this photo

75 comments - The latest ones

Josiane Dirickx ^club

Très beau !

9 years ago.

Andy Rodker ^club has replied to Josiane Dirickx ^club

Thank you, Josiane!! :o)

9 years ago.

Xata ^club

Indeed it looks like some places around here!

9 years ago.

Andy Rodker ^club has replied to Xata ^club

Well, I suppose it's the granite!!!!
:o)
Many thanks!

9 years ago.

Andy Rodker ^club

Thank you Erhard!

9 years ago.

Steve D

Hello Andy a lovely shot indeed and a well built mystery tower it looks to be indeed

Best wishes ... Steve

9 years ago.

Andy Rodker ^club has replied to Steve D

Hi Steve, thank you.
Unfortunately, I walked past here a couple of weeks ago to find half of the tower fallen away and the rest won't survive the next storm spate, I'm sure.
But thank you and best wishes,
Have a good week,
Andy

9 years ago.

micritter

Excellent,as always.

9 years ago.

Andy Rodker ^club

Thank you micritter. Have a good week!

9 years ago.

Andy Rodker ^club

Many thanks, Larry!
Have good week!

9 years ago.

Nacer H

Trés belle photo Andy!!

9 years ago.

sasithorn_s

Beautiful capture Andy and it's a lovely place!

9 years ago.

Pam J ^club

Gorgeous place !

9 years ago.

raingirl ^club

that looks like a very cold stream! i like how the light at the top takes away part of the hill top with it.

9 years ago.

Andy Rodker ^club has replied to raingirl ^club

More or less shooting into the sun, Laura!

9 years ago.

Andy Rodker ^club

Nacer,
sasi,
Pam,
raingirl,
Thank you all!

9 years ago.

Boro

Joli cadrage ***

9 years ago.

Andy Rodker ^club

@ngelique,
Boro,
Thank you both!

9 years ago.

Marie-claire Gallet

Wonderful shot ! Hope you will find the key of this mystery one day, Andy !!!! Have a nice week !

9 years ago.

Marie-claire Gallet has added

9 years ago.

Old Owl ^club

As always, Andy, well composed and well shot.

9 years ago.

Jocelyne Villoing ^club

Joli site !

9 years ago.

Mario Vargas ^club

nice lookup and compo, difficult highlights at the top

9 years ago.

Ulrich John ^club

Hi, Andy ! Have a nice week ahead !

9 years ago.

Doug Shepherd ^club

Great shot, nicely framed and a wonderful Pov.

9 years ago.

M♥rJ Photogr♥phy !!… ^club

You have the best of both worlds Andy...... & lot of your images from Madrid are like the Cornish landscape !!!

9 years ago.

Andy Rodker ^club has replied to M♥rJ Photogr♥phy !!… ^club

It's the granite in both that makes for a few similarities I think!

9 years ago.

Keith Burton ^club

It's amazing how a small waterfall transforms a scene - nicely observed and taken Andy.

9 years ago.

Eva Lewitus ^club

That tower will stay mysterious... good that you got it... and the stream too.

9 years ago.

Andy Rodker ^club

Gudrun,
Nick,
Therese,
Zombie,
Evan,
Marie-claire,
Old Owl,
Jocelyne,
Rebeca,
Mario,
Ulrich,
Doug,
Marj,
Pat,
Keith,
Eva,
Rosa,
Martin,
Many thanks to you all!

9 years ago.

Andy Rodker ^club

Thank you jean, and many thanks too for your visit!

9 years ago.

sea-herdorf ^club

Wasser in einer steinernen Bergwelt, Andy,
gefällt mir,
Erich

9 years ago.

Andy Rodker ^club

Philippe,
Erich,
Thank you both!

9 years ago.

Andy Rodker ^club

Nadia, Richard,
Very many thanks!

9 years ago.

Diane Putnam ^club

A strange tower, yes, but the composition is fabulous! Great angles and shapes.

9 years ago.

Andy Rodker ^club has replied to Diane Putnam ^club

Any such effects were purely accidental. I shot into the sun, not expecting anything worthwhile at all!

9 years ago.

Diane Putnam ^club has replied to Andy Rodker ^club

Andy, you were wrong again! ;0]

9 years ago.

Andy Rodker ^club has replied to Diane Putnam ^club

I'm normally wrong, Diane. But at least I do 'wrong' with utter conviction!

9 years ago.

Andy Rodker ^club

Thanks again, Fred!

9 years ago.

Andy Rodker ^club

Many thanks, Henk!

8 years ago.

Dimas Sequeira ^club

The water cycle's unlock was very well captured!

4 years ago.

Andy Rodker ^club

Thank you, Dimas!

4 years ago.

Malik Raoulda ^club

Un vrai plaisir de revoir ces belles captures de la Serra.... Bon mardi.

4 years ago.

Nick Weall

How are you doing Andy?

4 years ago.

Jaap van 't Veen ^club

Cool and refreshing picture Andy.

4 years ago.

Trudy Tuinstra ^club

wonderful

4 years ago.

aNNa schramm ^club

I can almost hear the rippling of the water

4 years ago.

Annalia S. ^club

I love how the colors of the spring vegetation fit with the lichen-encrusted rocks of the Sierra, Andy. Great job capturing the "sudden" waterfall and the mystery tower in a very nice composition.

4 years ago.

William Sutherland ^club

Magnificent capture! Stay well!

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4 years ago.

Jocelyne Villoing ^club

Juste un petit coucou Andy, prends soin de toi.

4 years ago.

Xata ^club

Refreshing, isn't it? Already very hot today here, suppose in Algete too...

4 years ago.

tiabunna ^club

A great combination of the waterfall, tower and mist, Andy.

4 years ago.

Andy Rodker ^club

Malik,
Nick,
Jaap,
Trudy,
ANNa,
Annalia,
William,
Maggie,
Jocelyne,
Rosa,
Isabel,
George,
Very many thanks to you all!

,

4 years ago.

neira-Dan ^club

jolie nature sauvage !! Bon et complet rétablissement Andy

4 years ago.

Simone Maurel

beau et impressionnant;merci pour ces explications

4 years ago.

Andy Rodker ^club

Daniele,
Simone,
Thank you both!

4 years ago.

???

Great movement to the water Andy, nice to have the rosemary bushes soften the hardness of the rocks!

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4 years ago. Edited 4 years ago.

Andy Rodker ^club has replied to ???

Thank you Chris. Yes, very careful but I can't leave home anyway until I get more strength in my legs in order to dispense with my walking frame - some weeks to go yet!

4 years ago.

??? has replied to Andy Rodker ^club

:) Have no doubt that you will be doing away with your walking frame, you've got a great attitude and a real incentive to do so but those mountains will wait for you Andy. :)

4 years ago.

Peter Castell ^club

I wonder why it's square surely the shaft would be round

4 years ago.

Andy Rodker ^club has replied to Peter Castell ^club

Absolutely no idea, Peter!

4 years ago.

Eunice Perkins ^club

A lovely wild place!

4 years ago.

Andy Rodker ^club has replied to Eunice Perkins ^club

Thank you, Eunice!

4 years ago.

©UdoSm

Great captured the flowing water...

4 years ago.

Many thanks, Udo!

4 years ago.

Stefani Wehner ^club

Amazing scenery!

4 years ago.

Andy Rodker ^club

Thank you, Stefani!

4 years ago.

Peggy C ^club

Great POV, Andy ..!

4 years ago.

Andy Rodker ^club

Thank you, Peggy!

4 years ago.

Nathalie

Superbe!

4 years ago.

Andy Rodker ^club has replied to Nathalie

Many thanks, Nathalie!

4 years ago.

Jenny McIntyre ^club

Kudos to you, if you walked through the tunnel just to find the chimney. You obviously went there at the right time to see the stream

4 years ago.

Andy Rodker ^club has replied to Jenny McIntyre ^club

The tunnel is now a popular walk. You can't see the tower from it. We went on the 'Day of the Dead' (All Soul's Day in English) for added spook! The tunnel is on a curve so you can't see the end whuch adds to tjhe overall creepiness!

4 years ago.

Fred Fouarge ^club

ik wou net zeggen ben je er al uit...maar dit was VOOR de Covid---Mooie watervalfoto Andy!

4 years ago.

Andy Rodker ^club

Thank you, Fred!

4 years ago.

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