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Porthtowan beach. Some ecologically sensitive areas have been fenced off to help re-establish local dune flora and wildlife and to plant native grasses to stabilise the dunes. The sea looks better on large.

My preferred low tide rock-hopping walk passes by here. In the distance is Porthcadjack Cove with Asparagus and Samphire Islands. www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4VEXl4vsq4 sight and sound. Two absolute legends - gelling very nicely here!

Looking north over Madrid from a hotel roof terrace on the Gran Via. (A cousin of Marta's was staying here and invited us for cocktails). It wasn't a bad sky that evening either! Sight and Sound. A Janis classic (I can never have enough of Janis Joplin) www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-irXmqIzGA

I think it can truly be called a fence, in a strictly minimalistic sense! From the Roman Road near El Escorial. This holm oak (encina in Spanish) is a pretty fine specimin imho! The skyline follows the crest of La Sierra de Guadarrama. I always had a soft spot for this gentle little pop song by this well known popular beat combo. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVwA5wVnwaE

A view ove the Jarama Valley from a terrace to the Sierra de Guadarrama, including my beloved Sierra de La Cabrera at the left.

The new(ish - 2014) metro station Paco de Lucía, named in honour of the great flamenco guitarist. I posted this on Pano but not here - I think not anyway. The artists are Okuda San Miguel and Rosh333. I have posted a music link below. Entre Dos Aguas, a very famous song, at least in Spain. There is a frame in the vid that is the template for Paco's portrait here. Worth a listen; www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oyhlad64-s&list=RDEMYNquyZQPgZzsix5KOOjUWA&start_radio=1&rv=0vq3qZwaXrw

Portreath outer harbour again. For me, this was a lot of fun and certainy blew some of the cobwebs away! Sight and Sound. I love this song by War with Eric Burdon; www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDNS3rtfD3I

The sun went behind a cloud briefly, giving a differently nuanced timbre to the colour scheme of this poppy field. Not too bad on large and then large again. Sight and Sound: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsJ_N5tBgVM

I wasn't looking for perfection here, I just liked the colour contrast and the general HFF theme. Algete street scene 23.