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A lovely day and the sea was at its best in terms of colour.

Pinner, Middlesex, One of the few true villages still extant in the London area. A photo from 1979 - my Pentax ME SLR and b/w film, scanned. I came here for a job interview. I was in my last year at uni. I was early and walked around and took a few photos (I had packed my SLR with my notes for the interview for some strange reason). I did OK at the interview, forgot all about it, went to France for a year after my finals, then got a message from my Dad that the firm in Pinner wanted to know what had happened as I had been due to start many months ago! I had very little recollection of all this, except a few black and white photos, of which this is one. Upshot: 35 years work in the Financial Services Industry, starting with this firm in Pinner before I finally upped sticks and came to Spain 7 years ago. That was the short answer. The long answer is ...........

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

From Tubby's Head to St Agnes' Head, Cornwall

Príncipe Pío metro and mainline railway station, Madrid

Tubby's Head, St Agnes. Cornwall,

Must have been a Very Important Person indeed to merit such an impressive location for a tomb!

I like this strange scraped rock.

Cornish cliff top scenery!

Pyrennean Oak, Autumn, El Escorial.

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.

Bridge over the Rio Manzanares, Madrid

Amazingly, my first walk in the Sierra de La Cabrera since December 2015! And it hasn't changed a bit!

Opera metro station wall mural, Madrid. I think in 'z' please.

Constructed high in the Sierra de Guadarrama and now in ruins. I like the stone shapes in these walls just as I love the same in the drystone walls of upland Britain! Best on 'z'

Horses on Carn Marth. This is inland Cornwall but you can just about make out the sea at or near Falmouth.

Good walking country. There are 100s of walks of all standards all around these rocks and cliffs. Something for everyone!

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