Album Granite rocks with personality from Andy Rodker

Foggy Sierra de La Cabrera

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Tue, 11 Jul 2023 17:02:23 +0000

A test photo edit and share to drive and then to ipernity. Not as edited as it could have been due to limited time but it kinda seems to work! It was my most fun day in these mountains ever! Especially as I didn't know, finding my way through the fog, whether I would actually stick my head out from under! When I did, the granite playground was mine, MINE, MINE!!!

Puerto del Medio Celemin

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Mon, 10 Jul 2023 20:51:50 +0000

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Another side of the Sierra de La Cabrera that is away from the main ridge but has its charms! A smoky / hazy winter shot. (Also posted ages ago but worth another airing methinks!) Another bitterly cold winter day.
Here is a link to my 'Mushroom Rock', as mentioned in the photo notes. www.ipernity.com/doc/2247598/46109522/in/album/1039862

Personification of Spain!

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Tue, 20 Jun 2023 21:48:00 +0000

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I was amazed when I saw the outline of a map of Spain through this rock window! OK, it's not a perfect outline but you couldn't get much better!
La Sierra de La Cabrera and the Bustarviejo Valley.

Cancho de La Bola

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 21:00:55 +0000

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Normally home to many Griffon vultures but they were all out as I clambered over it. An oldie but still a favourite as it gives a good feel for the spectacular granite forms. I 'note' where the vultures usually like to hang out.
La Sierra de La Cabrera. Unsure if posted on ipernity previously.

La Sierra de La Cabrera. I recall it as a perishingly cold January day!

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Thu, 25 May 2023 20:59:30 +0000

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Another good old granite extravaganza!
Maybe on large and then on large again for the detail in the granite features.
It's conceivable that I've posted this before but more likely back on Panoramio.

Las Agujas de Cancho Gordo

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Mon, 22 May 2023 20:55:37 +0000

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(The needles of Cancho Gordo). La Sierra de La Cabrera granite. I don't think I've posted this on ipernity: certainly on Panoramio. I'm looking forward to getting up there again after a l o o o n g five year absence (for a whole variety of reasons).

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!)

"Are we rockin' today, dear?" ... It seemed to fall on stone-deaf ears!

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 23:11:16 +0000

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Granite shapes. La Sierra de La Cabrera

The Sentinal

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Mon, 06 Mar 2023 00:49:21 +0000

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The Sentinal, or Guardian, of the Mountains, is tolerant of these minor irritants!
Cancho Largo, La Sierra de La Cabrera.
Sight and sound, She does a very good reaction to this classic from Led Zeppelin. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJlfqEJEmVA

My old friend, the Guardian of the Mountains

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Sun, 05 Feb 2023 01:12:21 +0000

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Cancho Largo, Sierra de La Cabrera. Granite country. Great hill walking and scrambling to be had here.

Granite playground

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Sun, 01 Jan 2023 00:06:05 +0000

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One of my New Year resolutions is to get back here this year and resume my walking / scrambling / photography among these rocks!

Granite headbutt

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 23:34:33 +0000

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'Are ye lookin' at me, PAL?'
Perhaps the longest standing 'stare-off' in the history of granite.
An amused Griffon Vulture soars by!
La Sierra de La Cabrera.
I usually scramble up and into that gap on the right and emerge near the top of the escarpment. More fun than using the zigzag and boring path!

Carn Brae Castle

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Sat, 09 Dec 2017 21:24:58 +0000

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Another of this castle but why not? The coast at Portreath / Porthtowan can be seen in the distance.

Picnic table again.

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Sun, 07 Aug 2022 21:51:52 +0000

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Well it's sufficiently different to the last one to merit another airing, I think!

My picnic table.

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Thu, 21 Jul 2022 21:20:07 +0000

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Well, I haven't shown my favourite picnic table for quite some time and I'm not sure whether I've posted this exact same shot before but even I have, I feel it's worth another airing! Better maybe on full screen.

H. A. N. W. E. everybody

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Sat, 16 Jul 2022 00:13:23 +0000

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Granite shapes, La Sierra de La Cabrera.
This strange hanging rocky shape fell to the ground a year or two after I took this shot.

Las Agujas de El Cancho Gordo

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Mon, 04 Jul 2022 11:01:41 +0000

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Sierra de La Cabrera granite forms.
This was in May 2019, the last time I walked in these mountains.
Best on large.

Las Agujas de Cancho Gordo

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Fri, 29 Oct 2021 20:51:09 +0000

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Sierra de La Cabrera. Madrid is a smudge on the horizon between the two left-hand pillars.
This was the last time I went walking in these mountains. My objective is to get back up there next spring and that will involve a lot of physiotherapy! But no pain no gain!

Granite country

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Sun, 29 Aug 2021 20:12:37 +0000

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La Sierra de La Cabrera, Madrid Province

La Cabrera foggy day. December 2011

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Wed, 05 Oct 2016 16:25:53 +0000

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Sierra de La Cabrera, Madrid Province. Underneath the fog in the distance is Madrid.