Wild lupin, La Sierra de La Cabrera

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Between Porthcadjack and Basset Cove

04 Aug 2012 33 41 1002
A horrible day, weatherwise but later it turned out absolutely gloriously. In England (and more specifically Cornwall) "you don't get climate, you get weather" This is part of a shoreline walk / scramble / rock hop I have done many times and enjoy immensely.

Miranda del Castanar

20 Aug 2016 40 51 954
A delightful village in the Sierra de Francia, Salamanca province.

There's a fence in there somewhere!

11 Aug 2016 57 58 949
HFF! Castle at Manzanares el Real, Madrid Province. El Yelmo, A prominent peak in the Sierra de La Pedriza, is visible in the background.

Mutton Cove, Reskajeage, Cornwall

11 Aug 2014 44 45 971
Often a beaching place for seals, and lots of them, but not at this hour, or this day. On the Godrevy / Hell's Mouth stretch of coast path and very popular with walkers and families (there is a huge car park, sadly - and a huge sandy beach behind me).

HAPPY FENCE FRIDAY

02 Aug 2015 25 45 965
My Mother's garden in St Day, Cornwall.

HFF! PLEASE STAY, DON'T RUN AWAY!!!

05 Jul 2012 38 64 970
Basset Cove and Crane Islands, Cornwall. High tide (at low tide, this is on one of my favourite shoreline rock-hopping 'walks'!). The South West Peninsula Coast Path once followed the line of the fence. Now it has to veer sharply inland due to severe coastal erosion.

Which way?

12 May 2014 31 48 990
Parque Monte del Pilar, Majadahonda, Madrid.

Polished.

12 May 2013 30 48 978
Accidental shot on the Madrid metro. But I was pleased that I had polished my shoes that morning! It's like your Mum making sure you always had clean underwear on 'because, you never know, you might be hit by a bus'!!!!

The Pepper Pot

17 Aug 2012 67 73 998
... or Huer's Lookout, Portreath, Cornwall. The Huer had to look out for the coming of the pilchard shoal; when seen, the town would galvanise into frenetic but well-practiced action! The nightmare scenario was if it was missed because it passed by in the night! In which case somewhere else in Wales or Ireland benefited.

Dawn. Hortaleza, Madrid

15 Nov 2012 53 71 930
Another fine sunrise to wake up to. I was fortunate for a few months as there were many such sunrises (Late 2012, early 2013).

HFF everyone!

11 Aug 2014 31 39 959
Geranium (and I don't mean pelargonium), my Mum's garden, Saint Day, Cornwall

High above the cloud / fog. Las Agujas de El Canch…

10 Dec 2011 28 40 969
Granite and fog. La Sierra de La Cabrera. Climbing through the fog, not knowing if the peaks would poke out from under, was interesting. Much better was when I eventually did break through! Later that day I watched the weather news and it seems that the sea of fog stretched over the whole of the central Iberian Peninsula; an unusual phenomenum!.

HFF, everyone! Happy horse browsing among the blac…

19 Aug 2012 48 61 942
The town of Saint Day is on the skyline. My parents live here. This is a tranquil scene. But in the middle decades of the nineteenth century, this would have been hell on earth. It was the mining capital of the world for tin, copper, and arsenic.

Another shot of the best positioned tomb ever!

08 Aug 2015 33 40 968
Prehistoric and brilliant. Unfortunately there are no contents now - tomb robbers very soon after and wild weather down the centuries cleaned this out but still ... What a terrific site for a tomb! Obviously someone much loved (or feared?)

Sierra de La Cabrera, granite

29 May 2011 37 41 937
I like this strange scraped rock.

Old Door, La Alberca, Salamanca province. PLEASE S…

20 Aug 2016 28 41 926
If you were not 100% catholic, in the days of the reconquista and after, it made sense to declare your undying adherence to the True Faith of the Winning Side by such means as these biblical extracts over your door!

HFF everyone!

21 Jul 2012 69 70 971
Horses on Carn Marth. This is inland Cornwall but you can just about make out the sea at or near Falmouth.

Las Machotas

20 Nov 2012 32 45 960
Las Machotas, from near the village of Peralejo, Madrid Province. She wouldn't then. She doesn't now. I respect that. Of course. It doesn't matter that I don't understand it. 5 years on and I have accepted it!

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