Andy Rodker's photos

Foxgloves seem to love granite. They follow me wherever I go!

Looking towards Man and His Man. Rock samphire in the foreground.

El Cancho Largo seen from Las Agujas de El Cancho Gordo.

Sunset reflected nicely in these clouds. Taken from my flat in Hortaleza, Madrid in 2012.

La Sierra de La Cabrera. Boulders get wedged above paths such as here.

Continual erosion here. I came back in 2014 and this piece of coastline in the immediate foreground, and where I was standing for this shot, had gone!

The morning of August 1 was almost wintry. By mid afternoon it was a glorious summer's day. This shot was taken just as the weather was about to turn for the better.

Asparagus, Samphire and Crane Islands from Carvannel Downs. Evidence of rapid coastal erosion is clear here. The slippages due to the angle of the rock strata are obvious. I was perhaps a little bit stupid to even be here!

The Sentinel! Griffon vulture. La Sierra de La Cabrera with El Pico de La Miel prominent.

The ridge of La Sierra de La Cabrera. Best on black and full screen.

Algete, looking over to La Sierra de La Cabrera. Because everyone lives in high-rise flats, Madrid occupies a relatively limited ground area and the countryside starts very soon after leaving the City. This is 20 miles from the city centre. Impossible to compare with other main capitals! Madrilenos enjoy the vibrancy of living cheek by jowl! But they also like to escape to the country at weekends (which means a short walk of 20 minutes followed by a blow out feast of suckling pig or milk-reared lamb and mucho vino tinto).

View across to El Pico de La Miel, past the Convento Monasterio de San Julian y San Antonio.

My girlfriend burst out laughing when she saw this!

The very last photo I uploaded from my much-lamented Nokia N95 camera-phone (a much better camera than a phone, I would say!). The next day I dropped it in a piece of marshy ground and it was past recovering even though I tried to dry it out in a bag of rice, as recommended by all and sundry! The lichen on the rock really is this bright!

Cornish cliff granite can be as fun as the granite I find in La Sierra de Guadarrama, Central Spain, for scrambling around in!

South West Peninsula Coast Path, typical summer flora. Crane Island in mid distance, Godrevy and St Ives in far distance.

La Sierra de La Cabrera - Springtime shot.

Shot taken from the north, near Las Navas de Buitrago, about 5 miles from the ridge of La Cabrera seen here in its entirity with Pico de La Miel at the left and El Cancho Largo (the highest point) at the right. Granite boulders in the foreground.