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

Las Machotas and San Lorenzo de El Escorial.

Las Machotas and San Lorenzo de El Escorial.

Andy Rodker
19 Sep 2020 35 23 326
A hazy day day (well, that is my excuse!). The palace is about 1/3 in from the left and about 1/3 down.
Guadarrama. H. A. N. W. E. everyone.

Guadarrama. H. A. N. W. E. everyone.

Andy Rodker
06 Mar 2020 26 19 273
From when I taught at an immersion course in business English for a week in Guadarrama last summer. You may (or may not) be able to see my two students in among the shadows! The Narnia lamp-posts seem to work OK here!
Cistus (rock rose or jara)

Cistus (rock rose or jara)

Andy Rodker
12 Sep 2019 34 17 364
Sierra de La Cabrera, granite country, lookng north towards the valley of the Lozoya.
La Granja de San Ildefonso, Sierra de Guadarrama. Segovia Province.

La Granja de San Ildefonso, Sierra de Guadarrama.…

Andy Rodker
05 Sep 2019 9 4 256
One of the many royal palaces scattered around the centre of Spain but no longer used as such.
San Lorenzo de El Escorial from the Herrería Woods.

San Lorenzo de El Escorial from the Herrería Woods…

Andy Rodker
19 Aug 2019 17 18 262
An early winter shot.
granite

granite

Andy Rodker
08 May 2019 10 7 267
Sierra de La Cabrera
Can you spot the farm in there?

Can you spot the farm in there?

Andy Rodker
06 May 2019 12 15 370
Inhospitable granite farmland. La Pedriza, Sierra de La Guadarrama, Madrid Province.
Encina (holm oak) and the granite of La Sierra de La Cabrera

Encina (holm oak) and the granite of La Sierra de…

Andy Rodker
09 Apr 2019 17 7 315
Convento Monasterio de San Julian y San Antonio. A very cold winter's day.
Cistus or Jara

Cistus or Jara

Andy Rodker
17 Mar 2019 31 28 411
Sierra de La Cabrera. Rock rose. Spanish has cistus and also jara (jara, apparently means smelling of sh.t in arabic). But I don't get it. Yes, there can be a heady, cloying, almost sickly air on some days but usually the aroma, mixed in with the lavender, rosemary and thyme is to die for!
Granite lumps.

Granite lumps.

Andy Rodker
02 Feb 2019 44 27 523
Strange granite shapes abound throughout the Sierra de La Cabrera.
Rock Window

Rock Window

Andy Rodker
12 Dec 2018 30 22 536
I've posted different shots of this before. Overlooking the town of La Cabrera and the vast expanse of the plains of the Southern Spanish Meseta. Unless there is one I have yet to discover, I reckon this is the largest rock window in the Sierra de La Cabrera. The main Madrid Burgos N1 motorway cuts across the picture. Sight and Sound: Well there is a window theme here! www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5B3m1ylEfI
Another view of the monastery

Another view of the monastery

Andy Rodker
17 Jul 2018 12 9 389
Convento Monasterio de San Julian Y San Antonio, underneath the granite backdrop of Canchos Largo y Gordo. A very cold February day,
A non-rocking stone (occasionally hums to itself, especially when the wind is up).

A non-rocking stone (occasionally hums to itself,…

Andy Rodker
16 Apr 2018 16 10 307
Granite boulder, about 2 metres high.
Sierra de La Cabrera, granite

Sierra de La Cabrera, granite

Andy Rodker
11 Nov 2017 26 24 813
I rather like this balancing act!
Typical path in granite country

Typical path in granite country

Andy Rodker
25 Oct 2017 17 14 466
La Sierra de La Cabrera. Boulders get wedged above paths such as here.
Rock window

Rock window

Andy Rodker
06 Oct 2017 28 36 908
A granite rock window, La Sierra de La Cabrera overlooking the Lozoya Valley
Sierra de La Cabrera.

Sierra de La Cabrera.

Andy Rodker
26 Sep 2017 45 43 994
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!
Griffon Vulture (please enlarge)

Griffon Vulture (please enlarge)

Andy Rodker
06 Nov 2016 22 30 727
Vulture on top of El Cancho de La Bola, Sierra de La Cabrera. May 2013.
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