Andy Rodker's photos with the keyword: Cancho Gordo

  • Granite par excellence!
  • Granite and not much else.
  • La Sierra de La Cabrera from the other side (see prev posting)
  • La Sierra de La Cabrera - granite extravaganza!
  • Cancho Gordo. An oldie for sure, but not previously posted here I think.
  • Sierra de La Cabrera
  • Sierra de La Cabrera. H. A. N. W. E. everybody!
  • Sierra de La Cabrera.
  • La Sierra de La Cabrera and monastery
  • La Cabrera town from El Cancho Gordo on the ridge of La Sierra de La Cabrera.
  • La Sierra de La Cabrera
  • La Sierra de La Cabrera
  • Foggy day throughout the centre of Spain that day.
  • Along the ridge. La Sierra de La Cabrera. H. A. N. W. E. everyone!
  • Above the fog. A fog which, incidentally, covered most of central Spain that day.
  • La Sierra de La Cabrera
  • El Cancho Largo. Two climbers approaching the overhang / crux.
  • Sierra de La Cabrera
  • OK. No apologies. Another one from my favourite walking country!
  • La Sierra de La Cabrera. Granite country par excellence!
  • Iconic oak
  • A Picasso muse (obviously; her left to right alignment of nose, eye and mouth gives it away)!
  • Cancho Largo from Cerro de La Cabeza
  • I may have posted this before, but maybe not. I took so many shots from here on that day back in 2011 that I can't be sure!
  • Sierra de La Cabrera. The western end as seen below Cancho Largo
  • Above the fog. (And maybe a good backdrop for the witches scenes in Macbeth!)
  • La Sierra de La Cabrera, eastern end.
  • Very close to the summit of Cancho Largo
  • Civil War look-out post ruins on Cancho Gordo.
  • Sierra de La Cabrera, typical granite scenery. Canchos Largo and Gordo.
  • La Sierra de La Cabrera, spring.
  • Bustarviejo Valley from the Torres de Cancho Largo.
  • The eastern half of the ridge of La Sierra de La Cabrera from  the flanks of Cancho Gordo.
  • Sierra de La Cabrera
  • Cancho Gordo. H. A. N. W. E. Everybody!
  • granite and prickly pear cactus.
  • La Sierra de La Cabrera. The weather did turn for the worse later and I got caught in a snow shower in a t-shirt!
  • Civil War look-out post. Sierra de La Cabrera
  • Lichen on granite.
  • La Meseta from Cancho Gordo.
  • Sierra de La Cabrera, Cancho Gordo.
  • Sierra de La Cabrera
  • Sierra de La Cabrera. The eastern ridge from Cancho Gordo. And I think it's that sky diving sheep, showing off, again!
  • H. A. N. W. E. Everyone! Granite World!
  • Sierra de La Cabrera
  • La Cabrera Town seen from Cancho Gordo, Sierra de La Cabrera. (on full screen, please)
  • Sierra de La Cabrera
  • Las Agujas de El Cancho Gordo (Madrid in the far distance)
  • Cantueso, La Sierra de La Cabrera
  • Griffon vulture circling and looking for lunch
  • From Cancho Gordo to Pico de La Miel, Sierra de La Cabrera, eastern end. The N1 toll-free motorway crosses the scene.
  • Wild peonies, monastery and  Canchos Largo, Gordo and de La Bola. H. A. N. W. E. everyone!
  • La Sierra de La Cabrera - granite country. The joy here is to follow the ridge as closely as possible! So, time permitting, I do just that!
  • La Sierra de La Cabrera granite (and monastery). The joy here is to follow the ridge as closely as possible. So, time permitting, I do just that!
  • Sierra de la Cabrera
  • Encina (holm oak) and the granite of La Sierra de La Cabrera
  • La Sierra de La Cabrera. Very 'granite'!
  • Sierra de La Cabrera
  • Asphodel, convent and granite.
  • broom
  • Autumn in La Sierra de La Cabrera
  • The Crooked Sapling
  • Spanish granite
  • Sierra de La Cabrera