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Salamanca Province, Sierra de Francia, August 2016

Well a fence after a fashion, but definitely a fence! Reskajeage, Cornwall. The sloping path on the cliff opposite is the path to Fishing Cove, the officially designated nudist beach. The path is FAR easier than it looks from here!

The largest Plaza Mayor in Spain. I waited for ages for the guy in the pink shirt to shuffle off but he must have used up a whole reel of film! Mind you, there was probably a guy behind me ,,,

An arresting sight! And a deeply unpleasant one, to my mind! Window seen in Mogarraz, Salamanca Province.

Shetland ponies on Treaga Hill, Ralph's Cupboard, Portreath. There has been debate here and on Pano as to whether these are actually Shetland ponies with many members saying they are far too big. But all the literature, online info, signposts and notice boards say that they are and for want of any better evidence, that is what I will continue to call them. Maybe the rich Cornish grassland has fattened them up a treat!

Another shot from my sister's new house. This was taken near the start of High Summer so the heat haze is obscuring the view of the mountains, sadly! Algete, Madrid Province

The tin mines extended far out under the sea. Descent and ascent was by ladder or primitive rope cable cars. The accidents and deaths were many.

My first couple of years in these mountains and I hardly saw a cloud, whatever the season. I revelled in this blanket blue sky-ness at first (well I would, having come form England) but it began to pall and I started to look forward to weather forecasts predicting mixed sunshine and cloud and only then would I head for the hills! But I accept that blue sky has its place! Foreground lichen and distant hills want z, apparently. The Nokia N95 cameraphone was a superb camera and a sh.te phone and I much regret my dropping it in a bog. It performed well above expectations on autofocus from close up through mid-distance stuff right through to distant mountains. I didn't know how lucky I was. Subsequent cameraphones (Samsung and Moto) haven't been as good with regards auto focusing, imho!

A large natural park to the northwest of Madrid, home of a major royal palace.

On 'Z', please. The 1st of August 2012 was an amazing day for weather (Don't forget; in England we don't have climate, we have weather!). It had everything from hail and thunder, fog, high winds, very rough seas to beautiful calm seas and blue skies - the whole gamut from A-Z except snow!!

3 Griffon vultures on their ledges overlooking the broad vista of the Central Spanish plateau (or Meseta = high plains). I see I have posted this one before - and not so long ago either.

The stone structure at the end of the pier was demolished by a severe storm the year after I took this shot. It was rebuilt straight away and looks exactly the same today, I'm pleased to say!

The cutest quoit in Cornwall (there are a few equally cute dolmens in Brittany and elsewhere in Europe). Neolithic burial chamber; would have originally been buried completely under a mound of smaller stones and earth but 6,000 years of Cornish weather has easily disposed of all that!

My Mum's garden. HFF everyone! These came from my great-aunt's garden at her farm in Zennor, Cornwall. I hadn't seen them before (yes similar ones but not this vibrant). She couldn't remember where she got them from (cuttings from cuttings going back to the 1930s apparently). I took cuttings (this was in the early 80s), planted some myself in my London garden and gave some to my mum for her garden, also in London at that time. Then my parents retired to Cornwall 20 years ago and this nice geranium followed. I feel a strong attachment to it! It has faithfully followed the family around for the best part of a century! I want to take cuttings to Madrid and establish a Spanish branch. It deserves its place in the sun!

Fishing Cove and Navrax Point, Cornwall, high tide.

Taken with my ill-fated Samsung phone a few years ago. I only posted 5 photos with it on Pano. The phone burst into flames while charging, Samsung said 'water damage - no compensation' I completely refute this and I will never buy another Samsung!. I was quite pleased with this shot however!

How many ducklings can you see? The answer is of course three. However, when I was about to take the shot I had 4 in the frame! I presume that one is completely hidden under or behind a lotus petal! It obviously had the same view of photos taken of it as my girlfriend!