Photos, videos and docs of Andy Rodker, with the keywords: "granite"

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

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

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 - 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.

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).

Granite scenery - Bosigran Head

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Tue, 16 May 2023 20:53:19 +0000

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Typical of the granite coastal areas in Cornwall. This was a surprisingly warm and sunny March day. I only came here on a whim and couldn't have been luckier with the weather. Both before and after had seen weeks of dreary grey skies.

Another stile on 'my' path to the pub!

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Sun, 07 May 2023 23:15:14 +0000

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Possibly I posted this a while back but this is a different angle and weather. Note how these stones are a mismatch of styles, Modern-ish at the top and industial tin and copper mining era (with the notches) below and the rest probably placed there long before. There are records of this path in the 13th century but it's likely to be far older than that. The stiles collapse from time to time (perhaps once every 300 years!) and you see local repairs making good as required!

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.

HANWE everyone! Cornish granite

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Fri, 28 Apr 2023 21:39:34 +0000

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Between Penberth Cove and Porthcurno. There is a way down. On a much earlier visit I saw a couple of anglers scramble down and it looked easy enough so i did it on a later visit. Yes, easy but very few people had done it as there was no evidence of flora disturbance under foot. (I dare say they had more intelligent and safe things to be getting on with).
Sight and Sound; This just amused me, www.youtube.com/watch?v=rksFGQ4-_JM
Crikey! I remember this as though it were Yesterday.

Bosigran Head, Cornwall

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Wed, 26 Apr 2023 22:13:38 +0000

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Not somewhere I'd want to be shipwrecked!
I suggest on large and on large again, if you know what I mean - to see the granite and sea detail here.
And yes: there is a (somewhat perilous) way down to that beach!
Sight and sound. Robert Palmer (RIP) www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVTciOT1AwM

Mountain stream over granite. After the rain.

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Sat, 22 Apr 2023 23:45:42 +0000

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La Sierra de La Cabrera. My usual walking route goes up this arroyo and just occasionaly, after rain, it bursts into life!
Something held me back from posting this for 11 years and I can't imagine now what it could've been!

Another Cornish granite stile.

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Sat, 22 Apr 2023 23:30:48 +0000

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Far newer than the others in this series / album. It wasn't there on my previous visit in 2015. The path from the road to Bosigran Head, Zennor Parish, Cornwall.

Cornish Coast 2. Serene

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Sat, 22 Apr 2023 00:29:15 +0000

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The coast at Bosigran Head. A good contrast with the previous upload I feel!
This one works reasonably well on large (imho).
Sight and Sound. A bit of Mozart; www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrcZfJrIG0Y

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.

Granite stile

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Thu, 06 Apr 2023 23:32:12 +0000

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Perhaps rather more modern than some of the others.

Bosigran Head, sea-cliff climbing, nursery slopes.

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy Rodker) — Tue, 04 Apr 2023 22:24:39 +0000

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Looking away from the sea and towards Carn Galva. The slopes here are gentle ones - great for beginners. Better on large for greater detail of the granite and this landscape.
This is looking the other direction: www.ipernity.com/doc/2247598/51829324