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Puerto del Medio Celemin

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

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

Above the village / town.

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Sun, 09 Jul 2023 21:41:44 +0000

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La Sierra de La Cabrera. Pure granite. An oldie for sure. The town of La Cabrera lies at its foot. From the town, it's quite a tough and steep ascent. I'm trying to build up the stamina to tackle it again. No editing - I quite like the rough effect.
Sight and sound; another Sixto Rodriguez classic: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCbtijgxUw8

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!!

HFF. Trumpet vine.

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 21:22:05 +0000

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I wasn't looking for perfection here, I just liked the colour contrast and the general HFF theme. Algete street scene 23.

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

Where sea and cliff meet

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 21:30:52 +0000

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Tubby's Head, Cornwall.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=18620H_z8Uk I like listening to Chopin and looking at the sea at the same time!

Spring wildflowers, La Sierra de La Cabrera.

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Sat, 24 Jun 2023 21:43:51 +0000

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This is the sort of scene I was hoping to see this Spring but the weather was against me and I'm not yet 100% sure I've got quite enough stamina back yet.
Oh well ...
This is a previously unshown shot from the last time I walked in this granite wonderland; 25/05/2019.
Four whole years ago. It doesn't seem real somehow!
Sight and Sound. Eric Burdon and War. Tobacco Road. An all time favourite. Long but worth it! www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF87aqqmf4Q

More Cornish tin mines. HANWE, everyone!

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Fri, 23 Jun 2023 21:24:50 +0000

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Situated on a minor side road between St Day and Chacewater, I only re-discovered them when sent on a detour due to a road closure. I don't know their names. Perhaps worth viewing on large for detail of the stonework.
Sight and Sound: I heard this aged 9 at the same time as Penny Lane and fell in love with them both and it was the first time I listened to popular music - I was having a classical musical training. Have ever since loved the 'best' of both! www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDgqIyprGLM

Another stormy day! Or, a Midsummer Night's Dream!

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Wed, 21 Jun 2023 21:23:07 +0000

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Apart from 3 sunny days , the weather has been atrocious these past 6 weeks since I returned from Cornwall!
The oleander seems to thrive in it though!

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.

Dawn this morning.

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Sun, 18 Jun 2023 22:23:58 +0000

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My sister's shot and taken from exactly the same spot as the previous upload of this evening's storm! (totally by co-incidence!)
Sight and sound. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jm9UadB7XvE&list=RDGMEMSXVAzroJmjGomFuKt8TQEAVMJm9UadB7XvE&start_radio=1

Buitrago del Lozoya. Town walls.

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Fri, 16 Jun 2023 21:38:27 +0000

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I like the warm tones of these walls. And taken from the exact same spot as my previous upload.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jm9UadB7XvE Sixto Rodriguez. Worth a listen,

Sunset

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Tue, 13 Jun 2023 21:17:01 +0000

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Today, three thunderstorms and a sunset.
Sight and Sound. Worth a listen. Canned Heat did well to record this and make it well known at Woodstock. It's a blues gem from 1928! www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8NJ-MIfFHI

Another choppy sea shot at Portreath.

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Sun, 11 Jun 2023 21:08:09 +0000

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Portreath outer harbour. Better on large and large again.
Sight and Sound. Big Mama Thornton with 'Ball and Chain' made popular by Janice Joplin, but Big Mama wrote it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJlBo5KJ3b4

Perhaps the last passion flower of the year.

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Sat, 10 Jun 2023 21:34:54 +0000

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Algete garden.
Sight and sound: An all time hero, Sixto Rodriguez: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W978zoLu1w
HANWE Everyone!

Another poppy field offering. HANWE everyone!

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Fri, 09 Jun 2023 21:31:44 +0000

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I have maybe a couple more to post in the fullness of time.
The map puts me in the neighbouring parish of Fuente El Saz. I checked and they're right - by about 5 centimeters!

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!

Poppy field

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 20:56:23 +0000

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The sun went behind a cloud briefly, giving a differently nuanced timbre to the colour scheme of this poppy field.
Not too bad on large and then large again.
Sight and Sound: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsJ_N5tBgVM

Poppy field and the hill of Valderrey

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Mon, 05 Jun 2023 20:40:43 +0000

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Where I live for the time being. Algete street scene no. 19. Not strictly a street but it is still named as the old road to Fuente El Saz and the return route is, not surprisingly, referred to as the old road to Algete and as this lies within Algete parish (just), I think it counts. Poppies seen here. Better perhaps on large!

Another day another storm!

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Sun, 04 Jun 2023 21:05:01 +0000

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Low sun evening light, and I reckon we've had an average of two storms a day in the past 2.5 weeks. Highly unusual, especially in late Spring / early Summer. And yet they don't bring much, if any, of the prayed-for sustained heavy rain.
Perhaps better on large for countryside detail, even though the mountains are obscured by cloud.