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La Puerta de La Fuerza.

The week of summer Bank holiday. No-one here. The beach all to myself. See photo next to this. The only path down! :o)))))))))))))))))

Taken from Godrevy Point at low tide..

Godrevy Island, Godrevy lighthouse, Godrevy Point, Cornwall

Pure granite coastline. Gurnard; a fish - and very tasty too, In French: triglidae, In Spanish, rubio. sounds wrong, Word Reference often is! The far headland is supposed to resemble the strange angular shape of the head of a gurnard.

On the top of the ridge near the vultures' hang-out. First shown in 2017.

Griffon vulture on El Cancho de La Bola. A clear day - Uceda, a village in Guadalajara province can be clearly seen here in mid-distance. Normally the heat haze or Madrid smog doesn't allow me to see that far. It has been suggested that full-screen works well here.

I had lost this in a folder that I had forgotten had a few old photos in it!. I was doing some computer housework and came across this and one or two others. I knew I had it somewhere!! Taken in 1972 on a Russian Kosmic 35, 35mm camera, which I used in the early 70s as a teenager. Just out of site but below the rock window are the famous vineyards of Côtes-du-Rhône-Villages, Gigondas.

Unknown purpose. Presumed to be neolithic. Healing powers were attributed to it at least since the middle ages (babies would be passed through the hole). Near Lanyon Farm, Madron parish, Cornwall.

Granite, lichen and stonecrop, looking out from the top of St Agnes Head towards the twin isles of Man and His Man, or Bawden Rocks as preferred by the O. S. Apologies everyone. I see that I also posted this only a month ago but such are the lovely comments I have decided to keep both.

St Agnes' Head, Man and His Man, Cornwall

Greenbank Cove, North Cliffs, Cornwall. View past Basset Cove to Porthcadjack, including Crane Islands, Samphire and Asparagus Islands and St Agnes Beacon in the distance! Yes, there is a path to the beach! (In fact there are two). But you need to be a local to know where to find them!

The three hills (seen here as one) comprise La Machota Chica, La Machota Alta and El Fraille. They give great views over San Lorenzo de El Escorial, the enormous palace-monastery built by Felipe II.,

Opera metro station wall mural, Madrid. I think in 'z' please.

Tubby's Head with its two blow-holes taken from the South West Peninsula Coast Path near the top of St Agnes Head, Cornwall. For a close up of one of the blow holes; www.ipernity.com/doc/2247598/43512362/in/album/1006256

Situated in the spectacular Hoces del Duraton, Segovia Province. Built in the 13th century but flattened by the collapse of the rocky spur above it. I couldn't find any reference to loss of life so I presume (and hope) that the monks abandoned it at the first sign of danger! Viewers have suggested enlarging it (the photo, not the monastery!)

View from Treen, near Gurnard's Head, to Zennor Head. Zennor Hill on the horizon. Best enlarged.

Sierra de La Cabrera, Madrid province. * I used to call this 'Spanish' lavender but at the insistence of Isabel I am now (correctly I'm sure!) calling it 'Iberian' lavender, as it is also found in Portugal! This variety is known as Cantueso and used to be thought of as the same as Provencal wild lavender but DNA profiling shows it is not the same. The top two 'petals' are in fact modified leaves. Shot taken in 2013 and first shown on ipernity in 2017.