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Covering the hillsides in late April and May. Central and southern Spain and Portugal.

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

Chun Quoit (quoit = Cornish for dolmen). Although small, it is the best preserved quoit in Cornwall. All the others have dislodged capstones or some other disturbance. These are presumed to be burial chambers but no burial remains have ever been found. They were all originally buried under a mound of stones and earth but erosion in the harsh environment of West Penwith and the action of tomb robbers has meant that you can see the vestiges of the mound only at one quoit; here, at Chun. Estimated to be approx. 6,000 years old. Sited in Morvah parish, West Penwith, Cornwall. Misspelt Quiot on Google maps! Photo; July 20, 2012.

Towanroath Pumping Engine House, Wheal Coates tin mine, Chapel Porth.

Penberth Cove, Southwest Peninsula Coast Path, Cornwall. Taken August 2015, re-posted December 2020. For Pam.

Old door and window. Maderuelo, Segovia Province. Night shot.

Granite cliffs at St Agnes' Head, St Agnes' Heritage Coast. Good fun scrambling down to this point and good exercise getting back up! I used to to do it 10 times a day when I was trying to lose the weight I put on after I quit smoking! It worked! Try on Z please.

Rodochiton in my Mum's garden, Saint Day, Cornwall. Originally poted in August 2017.

South West Peninsula Coast Path. August 2014 My question for the group 'Ask an Expert' is this. Are these actually Shetland ponies? It sparked a lively debate on Panoramio but was never truly resolved. The notice boards all say Shetland Ponies, but quite a few viewers said they were too big and must be another breed..

There is a logical explanation for this sculpture which was noted on my Pano upload of this shot but which was stolen by Google and I can't now remember what it is! Anyway I find the effect quite surreal!

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

Spring Greens! From the Roman road near El Escorial.

Climbers under the overhang. El Cancho Largo, Sierra de La Cabrera. Pure granite. Taken March,2012.

Rock window (perhaps hopefully onto a brighter future for us all?). The way I took (not a path at all really) went under this rock. Very common to have a giant boulder wedged over a gully in granite country! Granite forms on Pena del Tejo, a little to one side of La Sierra de La Cabrera proper but terrific scrambling territory in its own right. Indeed I spent a whole day here, intending to move on to the main ridge but finding a day's worth of interest at this place, including the mountain stream close-ups I sometimes post. photo taken 2012 and first posted on ipernity in 2017.

Rock hopping here at low tide is not really an option - with all this seaweed about!

South West Peninsula Coast Path, Cornwall

Calle de Barquillo. The white building at the end of the street is the Banco de Espana. Not much time left: www.generosity.com/community-fundraising/ipernity-members-association-a-non-profit-entity/x/16256307

Situated high above the village of Carn Brae and the towns of Redruth and Camborne, originally a 15th century hunting lodge.