granite and prickly pear cactus. Wild lavender Sierra de La Cabrera, the far western end. Griffon vulture at home among the granite cliffs. A step up. Cancho Gordo. H. A. N. W. E. Everybody! Sierra de La Cabrera granite, finely poised. Bustarviejo valley from La Sierra de La Cabrera Sierra de La Cabrera A favourite rock. The path goes through the rock w… Wild lavender and mountain stream. Spring wildflowers including wild tulips, in grani… The Roman Road Monastery with Cancho Gordo behind. A searingly co… The eastern half of the ridge of La Sierra de La C… Wild (groovy, even!) lavender! Valdemanco Mountain stream over granite. Pico de La Miel, superlative walking country. H. A… Wild orchids (lesser spotted purple?) amid the wil… lavander, broom and granite. Rock window Sierra de La Cabrera Mountain stream over granite Roman Road Sierra de La Cabrera on a mild January day Typical path H. A. N. W. E. everyone! My old friend, Mushroom Rock Wild lavender having a rave! Wild lavender and mountain stream Spanish or Iberian Lavender Cerro de La Cabeza. Typical Sierra de La Cabrera granite country. The scramble up to Mushroom Rock starts here Peña del Tejo Cancho de La Bola, home of vultures. "Not sure about you but I do prefer this warm inte… My favourite walking / scrambling country. Vulture and fog, below Cancho Largo, La Sierra de… La Sierra de La Cabrera, spring. Cancho Largo Wild lavender Beehives, Valdemanco Typical granite scenery Wild tulips Mountain stream. H. A. N. W. E. Everyone! Sierra de La Cabrera, typical granite scenery. Can… Early purple orchid. Dry stone wall, La Machota Alta. Peña del Tejo in spring. Wild lavender Autumn crocus H. A. N. W. E. everybody Central Guadarrama panorama Mountain stream over granite Granite Granite scenery, La Sierra de La Cabrera Griffon vultures H. A. N. W. E. everyone! Valdemanco and the Bustarviejo Valley La Sierra de La Cabrera, eastern end. Above the fog. (And maybe a good backdrop for the… HFF everyone!! The Palace Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial… Cancho Largo Late spring wildflowers and granite Autumn in the Sierra San Lorenzo de El Escorial and Las Machotas as a b… A spring walk near Algete. Oak in autumn. Bosque de La Herrería. Rock pools and (mini) arch in La Sierra de La Cabr… Civil War look-out post. Sierra de La Cabrera Cantueso One more from my sister from her window. Rock window and jagged ridge La Sierra de La Cabrera in its (small) entirity. C… Mountain stream babbling over granite. Vultures soaring. Rock window H. A. N. W. E. everyone! Sierra de Guadarrama Lichen on granite. Wild lavender Sierra de Guadarrama from the Roman Road Granite. Behind Cancho Largo La Meseta from Cancho Gordo. La Maliciosa seems to threaten even from that dist… Guadarrama. View from my bedroom window to the central section… Sierra de La Cabrera, Cancho Gordo. Mountain stream Rock window Climber on Cancho Largo Very shallow mountain stream over granite. Sierra de La Cabrera Sierra de La Cabrera Mountain goats again. Monastery and Cerro de La Cabeza Sierra de La Cabrera. The eastern ridge from Canch… Rock window Rock Window - Torre de Valdemanco on the skyline. Valdemanco parish church with Mondalindo a broodin… Granite country H. A. N. W. E. everyone! Mountain stream, nearly dried up. Wispy and foggy. (Could describe my mental agility… Cistus, lavender, granite The Four Towers, Madrid seen from the The Needles… Mountain stream and ventilation tower for the rail… H. A. N. W. E. Everyone! Granite World! Lavender Sierra de La Cabrera, western end. Cistus, lavender and broom. Sierra de La Cabrera Sierra de La Cabrera rising above the sea of fog.… Typical Sierra de La Cabrera granite scenery A heroic, if lonely, juniper tree. Rock window, Sierra de La Cabrera La Cabrera Town seen from Cancho Gordo, Sierra de… Between Algete and Fuente el Saz de Jarama. 20 min… If dead trees could party ... this would be it! I could hear the mountain goats from here for the… Under El Cancho Largo, Sierra de La Cabrera A little cloud, or a free-falling, sky-diving shee…