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Happy bollard

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Wed, 28 Jun 2023 22:05:07 +0000

This won my 'Best-dressed Bollard of the Year Award' back in 2018. I passed by it again yesterday but it wasn't quite up to scratch so I post another of the shots I took back then, simply because I like it!
I'LL BE OFF-LINE FOR A FEW DAYS WHILE MY LAPTOP IS IN DRY DOCK FOR ESSENTIAL REPAIRS. CAPACITY ISSUES TOO (PHOTOS!)
I HOPE TO BE BACK IN THE LAND OF THE LIVING THIS COMING WEDNESDAY..

Spot the ostrich (not all that difficult!)

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Sun, 04 Jun 2023 20:54:44 +0000

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An ostrich farm. There were a dozen or so when I approached but they all, except one, ran off at very high speed. This one might have been deaf or old, I suppose, or perhaps just wanted to say hello and have its photo taken!
Please see previously posted image for background.
Additional info, my brother-in-law, who knows the farmer, says that there are 50 ostriches here and that this one is lame and can't run so always stays behind!

The best wine I ever drank!

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Mon, 01 May 2023 22:48:48 +0000

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La Mission Haut-Brion, 1963 half-bottle.
Faded label.
This wine was found by my Dad in a wine merchant's shop in Brighton. He got it to have with my 30th birthday meal. So it was 25 years old when we opened it, and that was 35 years ago but remembered in perfect detail! (... and so good I kept the bottle, which I very rarely do). So my parents, me and my girlfriend at that time enjoyed two (very) small glasses each - one with the main course (grouse from memory because I can recall helping my mum pluck and draw them) and the other with the cheese.
The surprise to me (and to those of you in the know) is that 1963 is widely considered to be one of the very worst Bordeaux vintages of the 20th century. Nevertheless, La Mission have a reputation for producing great wines even in atrocious years and they excelled themselves with this one!

HFF!

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 21:28:15 +0000

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Carn Brea Castle / restaurant. I possibly posted a similar shot before, or it may have been on Panoramio, but I felt it was odd enough to be worth another shot!
Sight and Sound. A much underrated singer: Eric Burdon and War: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbuIjsw2gX0 With this song, funk and laid- backness combine beautifully (imho!)

Basset Monument, Carn Brea.

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Wed, 12 Apr 2023 22:02:43 +0000

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Monument erected in 1836 in memory of Francis Basset, First Baron de Dunstaville, an influential mine owner. Paid for by public subscription by legions of grateful miners (or so they say - I have my doubts that ANY mine owner would have been that beloved by his serfs / minions / slaves!).
Perhaps marginally better on large for stonework detail.

HANWE Everyone!

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Fri, 07 Apr 2023 22:26:48 +0000

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The back of the house at dusk.

Ancient granite stile.

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 23:06:12 +0000

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One of many such stiles on the old path between Vogue and Treskerby. I'll upload a few of them as and when. They often span a brooklet such as this as well as hedges (Cornish for stone walls!)

Mothers' day flowers

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Sat, 18 Mar 2023 23:41:01 +0000

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I just thought this was especially nicely selected, arranged and presented. A shout out to Linda of Linda's Flowers, Redruth.

HFF! (Yes there is one!)

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 00:14:28 +0000

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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

Schizophrenic door-knocker!

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Sat, 04 Mar 2023 23:20:59 +0000

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Pedraza, Segovia. I don't think this has appeared on ip before but it is possible. Certainly it was on Pano.
Sight and sound; A good reaction I feel. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBA7nkHsapQ Sorry about the horrendous timing of the adverts!

Granite and broom and spot the rock window!

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Tue, 28 Feb 2023 22:55:20 +0000

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I don't think I've posted this before (but certainly on Panoramio). Typical granite forms up on the ridge.

HFF everyone! I'm in danger of infringing the new max number per month of 6 HFF group entries; I'll add it in March.

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 23:48:41 +0000

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I don't know the name of this tin mine. I was sent on an unexpected detour by roadworks and came across quite a number of old mining structures that I knew were there but hadn't visited for about 25 years. I'll try and find out. I have a few more tin mine ruin shots to post in the fullness of time!
Later add on. I think many of the mine buildings hereabouts fall under the name of Wheal Busy. But I could be wrong.,

Mountain stream on granite. 2 shots for the price of one!

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 00:10:12 +0000

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Sierra de La Cabrera, Valdemanco end of the range.

Another from my path of the moment

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Tue, 14 Feb 2023 00:43:09 +0000

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A nice sky and twilit fields leading up to Carn Marth. Probably better on large.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZmeFGmiQDI A classic and very underrated performancde by War. Sight and Sound

Near Sally's Bottom

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Sun, 12 Feb 2023 00:20:24 +0000

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To do with the mining round here but I'm not sure what these were used for.
Sight and Sound, Cream and an honest reaction! www.youtube.com/watch?v=-C6W9OpbfRE

For Isabel / Xata

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Mon, 16 Jan 2023 00:52:57 +0000

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A long description follows. Sorry! But please bear with me.
I bought this excellent Portugese red (a good blend of the grapes stated on the label - an attractive label by the way!) at The Old Chapel Wine shop in Truro, Cornwall. They have an excellent range there. This shop used to be Laymont and Shaw, a well known firm back in the day, specialising in Spanish wines before they became fashionable. They actually had wine shipped in from Spain as the shop backs onto the tiny River Fal inlet that is the 'port' in Truro.
Anyway, in the early 1980s, I used to drive down to Cornwall from London to visit relatives in Zennor from time to time and on the way back would stop off here to pick up my Dad's annual allocation of Vega Sicilia Unico and Essencia. These are without doubt what are known as 'trophy wines' and are famous as being Spain's greatest reds. They were then (and I think still are) on special allocation only and my parents (who then owned the award-winning wine shop the Wine House in Wallington, Surrey) were fortunate enough to be allowed an allocation of 10 cases of each of these special wines!
I mentioned this to the current owner and we spent hours discussing all aspects of the wine trade these past 40 years!
I still have some Vega Sicilia here in my Dad's Cellar. I think it's the 1990 (I'll check tomorrow, as we have only recently disposed of the last of my 1970s on my mum's birthday - it was still fresh and lively and extremely complex and very rich; a wine hedonist's dream!!) My Dad still has a 67 but it's so low in the neck that it must have expired by now - a pity!
I'll take photos of my 'specials' and post them here one day.
Sorry to bore you non-wine lovers!

Redruth buttermarket

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Mon, 02 Jan 2023 23:09:09 +0000

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I quite like the mix of functionality and the striving for just a little bit of something more in terms of art here. I find this in many parts of this former tin mining town and hope to show more as and when.
Maybe worth a look at some of the detail on large.
en-gb.facebook.com/RedruthTownMarkets

Fruit of the day.

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Mon, 28 Nov 2022 01:01:02 +0000

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I bought the bowl at a craft fair somewhere in Buckinghamshire in the 80s and it has resided in my parent's house while I have been in Spain these past 12 years. I've always liked it so thought I'd record it on my mum's kitchen worksurface which is nicely tiled in a very cheerful red. I used to serve heaps of steamingly hot pasta in it! The bowl is EXTREMELY heavy which is why it hasn't travelled due to Ryan Air's weights policy!
Of course you don't normally place blueberries and raspberries in a fruit bowl such a this.
Tim Buckley Sight And Sound www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMTEtDBHGY4

The cranes fly off to Africa (recognised as the first sign of impending winter)

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Mon, 14 Nov 2022 00:11:17 +0000

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My sister's take in Algete, Spain.
A pleasant shot and perhaps even more so on full screen.
Sight and Sound, just because I happened to find it and these are two artists I love; www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXgo9pkuhU8

Another 'accident'!

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Tue, 08 Nov 2022 00:11:50 +0000

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Not sure how this appeared but I quite like it. Probably a finger or thumb there!