Album Sierra de Guadarrama 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

And yet another!

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Sat, 08 Jul 2023 21:09:45 +0000

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Another day, another storm!
And another day I had planned to get back to those mountains you see there!
Ha ha!!

HANWE, everyone!

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Fri, 07 Jul 2023 21:10:57 +0000

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Anvil shaped storm cloud (I would guess somewhere over the Lozoya Valley), sunset and, yes, it came our way. Another very stormy sleepless night! Enough is enough!
(Sorry about the bit of camera shake clearly visible in those town lights!)

Sunset, Algete

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Wed, 05 Jul 2023 21:33:43 +0000

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Not the most spectacular sunset but the light just highlighted the Sierra de La Cabrera rather nicely here, I thought.
Probably better on large.
I add a note about the old road. We're lucky that the view is unspolt. The main roads to neighbouring villages go well to the left and right of our view!
Please see Pam J's response below. Much there of great interest!
Sight and Sound: Another Sixto Rodriguez classic; www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgQ-QrCFMjs

Down our road!

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 21:49:11 +0000

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Our 'posh' neighbours like to think they are living in, or more likely, ruling over some Near-or-Middle-East potentate!
Streets of Algete No. 22. 2nd of three tonight.
Maggie suggests 'excellent on large' and, as usual, Maggie is right!

Battlements. Buitrago del Lozoya.

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Sat, 17 Jun 2023 21:29:50 +0000

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It was a large town by medieval standards and the battlements go a long way round! In the distance the Sierra de Guadarrama marking the borders of Madrid and Segovia provinces, although for many centuries this area was claimed by Segovia and they even went to war over it. (Madrid won in the end)..

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

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Wed, 07 Jun 2023 21:07:03 +0000

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Where I had planned to walk today and catch the last of the spring flowers. But today was just about the wettest June day on record so I ventured nowhere near! But I hope to get up there fairly soon, and before the relentless summer heat kicks in, which it will do in a week or two! This shot was a taken at midsummer but here, high up, it is still showing Spring wildflowers so I still have some hope!

La Sierra de La Cabrera - HANWE everyone!

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Fri, 02 Jun 2023 20:59:26 +0000

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An oldie and a winter shot. Bitterly cold. This shows much of the taller western end of the Sierra.
I hope to return here before too long.
Better on large for granite detail.

Everywhere was stonecrop underfoot

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Wed, 31 May 2023 22:11:53 +0000

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I couldn't help but trample them, there were so many - but I reckoned they were tough little buggers so I soon stopped worrying about my foot placement!
La Sierra de La Cabrera, granite.
Better on large to see this hardy plant en masse.

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).

Spot the climber

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Sun, 30 Apr 2023 22:59:54 +0000

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La Sierra de La Cabrera. There are a number of rock climbs along the ridge of all grades to suit all capabilities.

"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

Poppy field. HANWE everybody!

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Fri, 03 Mar 2023 23:47:02 +0000

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Looking forward to spring!
Sadly poppies don't thrive here any more. A new farmer wants profitable fields and who can blame him? Btw, that white wall has been knocked down between 2015 and now. I can't find it on Google maps but I know exactly where I was at the time!
Sight and sound. A bit of Rachmaninov didn't harm anyone!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEGOihjqO9w

Griffon Vulture, blue sky, rock window and granite

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 00:18:58 +0000

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Looking for lunch? Looking a little wistfully at me perhaps? 12 years ago but I remember it as a scorcher! The following day I was back in Cornwall for a couple of months as there are no classes to be had in Spain in the summer and so no earnings :o(
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9EbR0ckb40 A bit of Roxy Music doesn't do any harm!

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.

Granite par excellence!

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Sun, 26 Feb 2023 01:02:33 +0000

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My favourite walking territory (alongside Cornish sea cliffs and coasts)
Sierra de La Cabrera.

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.