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A future HFF shot, perhaps.

On a benign day. This place is a notorious graveyard for seafarers and their ships. First shown on Panoramio but I think not previously shown on ipernity. Better on full screen.

Some will remember this from Pano and 23 hq. Pure fantasy with a bit of tweaking of tone but the colours at that moment were not far off this! Bosigran Head, Zennor, Cornwall - the main climbing cliff. 2nd posting on ipernity; first time 4 years ago but worth a re-show just for the colours of this early evening shot!

On the South West Peninsula Coast Path as it passes Trereen Dinas (South) with the Logan Rock promontory near Porthcurno. Project 21 August 2021. First posted 2018. H. A. N. W: E:everyone!

On the top of the ridge near the vultures' hang-out. First shown in 2017.

A storm overnight and the almost dry stream-bed comes to life. Rosemary bush in flower in the foreground. The tower was a mystery to me when I first saw it in 2010 and is still a mystery. I can't get any info (certainly not much sense!) out of the older guys in the local bars, no matter how much Mahou I bribe them with!! I will have to try whisky next time! I later learnt it was an air shaft for the railway line that ran below the mountains here. The line closed in 2012. I recall seeing the trains run here for a year beforehand. Now it is a popular, if spooky, walk through the tunnell (5 km). First posted n 2017.

Griffon vulture on El Cancho de La Bola. A clear day - Uceda, a village in Guadalajara province can be clearly seen here in mid-distance. Normally the heat haze or Madrid smog doesn't allow me to see that far. It has been suggested that full-screen works well here.

The eastern end, including El Pico de La Miel (Honey Peak) which isn't the highest point on the ridge but is the most famous as it rises directly above the Madrid Burgos motorway. It's possible to scramble and rock-hop more or less along the entire ridge.

Spring 2012 in the Sierra de La Cabrera, Madrid province.

By the front gate, Valderrey, Algete, Madrid. Spot the swallow (or is it a tern or a martin? No prizes, just for fun!) The rose is named ALFRED SISLEY.

Shot taken from the Bosque de La Herreria. These are oak trees, specifically 'encinas', much loved by Spaniards and fairly ubiquitous around here (holm oak in English). (On full screen perhaps)

Roadside poppies.

Another of my sister's photos.

I went for some long walks around the old Redruth tin mining area and came upon this path under the former railway line (the railway line is now a minor road in this section). Possibly better on full screen.

View from the upper terrace. Storm clouds swept through in waves all day yesterday. Appropriate song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7G2-FPlvY58 (Sorry about the ad before the song but that's the most annoying aspect of Youtube!)

My sister's garden in Algete, Madrid. This one has a wonderful scent!

This bloomed last year for the entire duration of my hospital stay (covid-19). So I was pleasantly surprised this year to discover that it is very similar to the white variety, Constance Elliott, that I had in my garden in Pinner, Middlesex, England over a decade ago. This variety is called Blue Crown.

Another of my sister's shots (taken from the car). Possibly the only remaining poppy field in Algete after their mass eradication in recent years.