Andy Rodker's photos

Our equine friends once more. And with grass this lush, they should be as happy as a pig in ... I think on large then large again for a better image, imho! Sight and Sound. After the exciting World Snooker Championship just now, I thought this clip might amuse! www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_F214y7vyU

Mum's garden, St Day, Cornwall

It's getting very green, as you would expect at this time of year. St Day, Cornwall.

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!

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

From my (by now well-trod) path to the pub. No horses this time but there we are. On the blackthorn / hawthorn doubt, I do know from personal experience of many years of collecting sloes that hawthorn and blackthorn very rarely, if ever, grow in close proximity to each other and I wonder why. More Janis but a goodie, imho! www.youtube.com/watch?v=gL80W8dQIsU

I just liked the contrast between the trees and the (almost) modern buildings (which always lean like this ... don't they?). www.youtube.com/watch?v=xl2bvKPOIO4&t=764s Janis Joplin at her best, or close to it.

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.

An extra mini fence as a bonus! It's a funny little fence (I wonder what it's for)! But I liked it as well as the stone work on view, the trees and that cloud. The angles are a bit skew-wiff (how does one spell that?) but that's how it was.

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

A cold couple of days predicted. Hope you don't mind more horsey shots. They do provide some interest and character imho! A field off Pink Moors, St Day, Cornwall. I also think that this gently undulating countryside retains some interest no matter what the weather (fog excepted of course!). Definitely better on large and then large again! Sight and Sound. A mellow song from War. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjL4iF2cN5M

A Mars a Day ... Oh never mind!

On my usual path to the pub. Somewhat later in the day as my Dad's back in hospital (doing OK in the circumstances) and my timetable alters somewhat! The tree branch silhouettes appealed. This is pretty much as I saw it. I did a little editing simply to remove some of the excessive glare, but other than a little cropping, nothing really! Sight and sound: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhYTb5J2rNc A bit of Van Morrison and Them never did any harm!

Mum's garden, It's late April, so it's Azalea and Rhododendron time in Cornwall. Sadly, I won't get to visit any of the great garden displays but at least I've got this!

No idea what this magnificent tree is. I have a hunch (unrelated to what the tree is), though. Could be totally bonkers. But here goes. A plant specimen collector in Victorian times, and there were many who travelled the world collecting exotic specimens / seeds, died and his relatives had no idea what to do with his seed collection. So they decided to bury his collection with him (and I can't say I blame them!). And this is the result!! Look at the displaced tombstones at the foot of this tree! On the other hand . ... ...

An impressive ruin and still a landmark for miles around as St Day sits on a slight rise. I quite like this wall too!

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!

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.