Andy Rodker's photos with the keyword: La Sierra de Guadarrama

An oldie and a winter shot. Bitterly cold. This shows much of the taller western end of the Sierra. I hope to return here before too long. Better on large for granite detail.

Cancho Largo, Sierra de La Cabrera. Granite country. Great hill walking and scrambling to be had here.

Summer's last hurrah! Another longish walk this afternoon (to another neighbouring village, Alalpardo) and a far hotter day than on my previous walk. The weather is due to turn on Wednesday, giving some much needed rain. So I thought I'd better get in a country walk while I still had the chance! More photos to follow. In the notes are my beloved Sierra de La Cabrera and that really is the size of it! But it's a full day's walk from one end to the other and back again. It just doesn't look like that from here! Oh, and one last thing; I've just noticed the Ukranian flag's colours!

A very hot late October day but a magnificent long walk involving ancient woodlands, terrific parkland, the palace monastery, a Roman road, a tough and steep scramble up to a craggy granitic ridge and magnificent vistas. Perfect!

Near the summit of El Cancho Gordo, La Sierra de La Cabrera.

Left to right, El Cancho Largo, El Cancho Gordo and El Cancho de La Bola. Taken from the long distance footpath the GR10 (links Valencia and Lisbon).

Looking east from El Cancho Gordo. Mid distance the white rock of El Cancho de La Bola, home of Griffon vultures and at the end of the ridge, El Pico de La Miel.

Granite outcrops on the ridge, overlooking the eponymous town. No vultures on this day - I had intended to get some shots. Oh well! And yes. I took the few steps to the end you see here. But I had put my camera back in my pocket and felt that I needed both hands for stability and so that is where my camera remained! Anyway, this vantage-point is better!