400 + views

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!

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!.

From above St Agnes Head. The islands are named Bawden Rocks on Ordnance Survey maps but traditionally known as Man and His Man, a much better name I feel! Good on black and full screen.

I know I only uploaded this 3 weeks ago on Pano but I was prompted to show this again here when I saw Campayo's great shot of the escudo (escutcheon).

Convento Monasterio de San Julian y San Antonio. Situated below Canchos Largo and Gordo, Sierra de La Cabrera. Please refer to the excellent comments below (of 19th November 2016) from my friend Campayo 2016 for very interesting background information.

El Cancho Largo, Sierra de La Cabrera, Madrid province.

Sierra de La Cabrera. May 2012. Madrid Province

Must have been a Very Important Person indeed to merit such an impressive location for a tomb!

Sierra de La Cabrera, El Cancho Largo.

Towanroath pumping engine house served Wheal Coates tin mine. The mines extended well below sea level and far out to sea.

Ralph's Cupboard near Portreath, Cornwall

Godrevy from above Navrax Point, Cornwall. St Ives in the distance. Just guessing but the yellow flowers could be a variety of aster, The white/pink-ish flowers are sea-carrot. For Pam.

A famous sea-cliff climbing Mecca. I came here many times in the late 70s and early 80s to climb (the climbing routes are far more extensive than can be seen here, they extend round the corner and far down to sea level). Now I prefer just to walk and scramble! A sea mist ('fret' in Cornish) was just coming in. Best on full screen!

Statue of Christopher Columbus (Cristobal Colon in Spanish - it took me a long time to work that one out!). Behind is the National Library. Best enlarged.

Fishing Cove and Navrax Point, Cornwall, high tide.

. The Logan Rock pub, Treen (South), West Penwith, Cornwall. A terrific pub in the far west of Cornwall (and there are so many!).

Pinner, Middlesex, One of the few true villages still extant in the London area. A photo from 1979 - my Pentax ME SLR and b/w film, scanned. I came here for a job interview. I was in my last year at uni. I was early and walked around and took a few photos (I had packed my SLR with my notes for the interview for some strange reason). I did OK at the interview, forgot all about it, went to France for a year after my finals, then got a message from my Dad that the firm in Pinner wanted to know what had happened as I had been due to start many months ago! I had very little recollection of all this, except a few black and white photos, of which this is one. Upshot: 35 years work in the Financial Services Industry, starting with this firm in Pinner before I finally upped sticks and came to Spain 7 years ago. That was the short answer. The long answer is ...........

Enjoying itself hugely. It had an amazing appetite and devoured this daffodil almost before I got my phone out of my pocket! Best on 'z'! By sheer coincidence Marie-claire Gallet has also posted a photo of this insect. You can see it on explore. She knows the name so thank you Marie-claire!!!