Andy Rodker's photos

Lane near Little Beside, Saint Day, Cornwall

A rare sunny day in Cornwall (although to be fair, it didn't rain as much as was forecast for the first two weeks in august!).

Pyrennean Oak, Autumn, El Escorial.

Old door, Miranda Del Castanar, Sierra de Francia, Salamanca Province.

Penberth Cove, Cornwall. Lobster pot.

Granite, Sierra de La Cabrera. Las Torres de El Cancho Largo on the horizon.

Sierra de La Cabrera, El Cancho Largo. A very cold but dry January day.

HFF everybody and I hope the uploading problems are fixed very soon! Also H.A.N.W.E.!

My first visit to Pedraza in 2012. es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedraza_(Segovia)

Pedraza Castle and Harley Davidson owners gathering. Best on 'z' es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedraza_(Segovia)

Mutton Cove below, is a famous seal beaching place. In the distance is St Ives Bay and the peninsula of West Penwith. Shot taken from Reskajeage. Best on z.

The famous palace-monastery, seen from the Herreria Woods (mainly holm and Pyrenean oak), with smoke from an autumnal bonfire (appropriate for November 5!) and the slopes of Abantos behind. There is actually quite a substantial town there, more or less hidden by the bulk of this enormous edifice! When Felipe II had it constructed, it must have been the largest building in Europe at that time. He needed a big place to run his Empire from and for hundreds of monks to pray for and with him! Best viewed on max enlargement.

Only the fence posts survive but it'll do for me! Gurnard's Head, Zennor, Cornwall. With montbretia. The South West Peninsula Coast Path.

Marie-france reminded me that the geology of Ouessant (Ushant in English), an island off the far west coast of Brittany, is the same as that of the Lizard Peninsula in Cornwall. The geology of this area is very mixed. This shot is of Lizard Point. It may or may not have the same geology as Ouessant. Marie-france, does it look like this? If not, I'll try and get more photos next time I go there (possibly next month) from a different area geologically but still on The Lizard!. Although forgive me if I don't go to Coverack, they'll still be cleaning up after the flood! Best wishes, Andy

Porthcadjack, Cornwall.

This shows the less touristy eastern flank of La Sierra de La Pedriza. The farm on the right may have been deserted. It was hard to tell, even from close up. This is where Spanish westerns were made - no, not the erroneously entitled spaghetti westerns, which were mainly shot in Murcia further south, but silent films, black and white, from the 1920s,

Back in 2013, for a few months, I lived in a high-rise block and used to wake up to terrific sunrises!

Garden, Saint Day. I make no excuses for posting another photo from my mother's garden. In any case, I haven't posted as many as some people seem to think and none for a few months!!