Photos for Pam - 100 + photos, mainly of Cornwall, because as Pam herself once told me; "That is where my heart is!"

The headland really is the shape of the fish of the same name. Taken from Carnelloe Cliffs, Zennor.

Monastery (partially hidden), and EL Pico de La Miel at the end of the sierra. For Pam.

Beautiful plant but an invasive pest as it stifles native flora. Near St Agnes Head. On the site of Camp Cameron, where black US service personnel were placed during World War II, presumably so as not to frighten the natives in the more populous parts of the country. Boxer Joe Louis was stationed here and described it as the most boring two years of his life! For Pam.

Late May, early June and the hillsides are covered with it. La Sierra de La Cabrera. For Pam.

For Pam! Granite at its Cornish best.

Granite cliffs, a turquoise and blue sea and waves breaking on the rocks with a splash. Oh, and sun!! (A winning combination but not always seen together in Cornwall!)

Coastal Erosion! The footpath has been moved back. When I first knew this stretch of the South West Peninsula Coast Path, it was more or less to my left! Google Maps still have it jauntily marching off into oblivion!!

Sometimes called Bawden Rocks, from the coast near St Agnes Head. For Pam. Sight and Sound: www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1IJswK1R9Y I played this for my Grade 8 piano exam aged 16. I got distinction when I thought at the time that I had failed miserably. The head examiner told me afterwards that while nerves meant that my Mozart and Beethoven renditions didn't merit distinction, my Schubert (this piece) more than merited a distinction for the exam overall! Needless to say this has been a favourite of mine ever since!!

Behind me is the southernmost tip of the British mainland at The Lizard. Lion's Den refers to the hole in the land that appeared overnight in 1840 when a sea cave collapsed. Not all that visible from here - it's on the left of the shot - but spectacular close up. I took shots, but must have deleted them for some reason. I visited the Lizard regularly at one time but 2011 was the last time and the only time when I had a camera.

There's no obvious way up to the top of this island but once you know it (I followed a family who explained they picnicked here once a year - on their annual holiday - and had done so since before the last war!), it's a doddle! You can see a mine shaft and an adit or two on the opposite cliff.

I like the colours here; the orange, greys, greens and blues. Rock samphire is abundant here.

There is another Trereen Dinas at Gurnard's Head on the north coast. They are both iron age clifftop fortifications. This one near Porthcurno is known as The Logan Rock due to a rocking stone on the summit which was dislodged by a young naval officer early in the 19th century. He had to put it back at his own expense; he did so, but it no longer rocked! The rock is in the middle of the photo slighter above centre. For Pam!

Algete, Madrid Province. On the mid centre skyline can be seen the entire length of the Sierra de La Cabrera, my very own walking and scrambling adventure playground! I see that I have inadvertantly posted this twice! (It was popular the first time round a couple of years ago!)

Logan Rock, Porthcurno (and small boat and kayak) For Pam.

Very clear water. Ideally some little fish or one of Keith's mini-jellyfish would have been good! But it was not to be! For Pam!

I thought I had lost this but I found it buried in the archives. This is a better view of The Lion's Den. The sea does splash around in the bottom, but it is a very deep hole, you can walk right round it. A collapsed sea cave that suddenly appeared overnight in 1840. Near The Lizard, England's southernmost point.

Rock samphire, granite and lichen in the foreground, Towanroath pumping engine house on the skyline. For Pam.

Another from this craggy bay.