"Just checking, dear; thought I heard something in the bushes"

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Keeping watch

25 May 2013 64 84 738
Griffon vulture on El Cancho de La Bola, Sierra de La Cabrera. I know I've said this before and I know one or two of you don't like the thought but this granite boulder is only white because of 10,000 years of guano!

HFF everyone!

21 Jul 2012 69 72 957
Horses on Carn Marth. This is inland Cornwall but you can just about make out the sea at or near Falmouth.

Poppy field

23 May 2016 54 52 775
Algete, Madrid Province, Sierra de La Cabrera on the horizon.

H. A. N. W. E. everybody!

29 Aug 2012 64 68 708
Gurnard's Head tin mine.

Porthgwarra

06 Aug 2012 52 54 572
Situated between Porthcurno and Land's End, a tiny fishing hamlet and beach.

The Pepper Pot

17 Aug 2012 67 75 982
... 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.

Portreath Harbour

01 Aug 2012 56 45 702
Three severe storms in this decade have meant the wall has had to be rebuilt each time. The last one only a few weeks ago. I expect work is carrying on as I type this! They do complete the repairs very quickly so they might already have finished!

Godrevy

20 Jul 2012 53 42 875
Godrevy Island and lighthouse from the Southwest Peninsula Coastpath, Reskajeage. St Ives in the far distance.

Wheal Coates Tin Mine

03 Aug 2012 50 65 897
St Agnes coast. Montbretia running rampant!

Sunset over Chamberí

07 Oct 2013 54 55 691
A flat I was in for a couple of years a while back. Caught this beauty from the kitchen window.

Granite and rock samphire in flower

24 Jul 2012 57 60 940
From Tubby's Head to St Agnes' Head, Cornwall

HFF everyone!

11 Oct 2012 58 70 823
Bridge over the Rio Manzanares, Madrid

Ralph's Cupboard and bell heather, Cornwall

14 Aug 2014 59 53 833
The beach is inaccessible except by boat. Even so I have never seen anyone sunbathing or swimming here.

Merry Christmas to all my ipernity friends and hav…

19 Dec 2017 57 74 851
The Christmas lights this year on Calle de Alcala, Madrid, Spain

Waves at Tubby's Head

24 Jul 2012 60 60 696
Tubby's Head, Cornwall

Happy Shetland pony - South West Peninsula Coast P…

01 Aug 2012 65 78 938
Treaga Hill, Portreath, Cornwall. Only now noticed that this could equally have been my HFF shot! So I thought; OK why not! Two HFF best wishes to my ipernity friends this week!

Sierra de La Cabrera

03 Jul 2011 50 46 945
Near the summit of El Cancho Gordo. Griffon vulture soaring dead centre.

Caribbean blue, heather and granite

08 Aug 2015 56 59 663
Cornish coast near Penberth Cove. Black and on full screen please. You can then just about make out the Lizard Peninsula in the very far distance (the southernmost point in the United Kingdom). This shot is taken approx 5 miles from Land's End, (the most westerly point of England) These geographical niceties matter!

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