Andy Rodker's photos with the keyword: La Pedriza

La Pedriza - lonely farmhouse.

La Pedriza - lonely farmhouse.

Andy Rodker
11 Apr 2022 52 55 406
More granite splendour in The Mountains of Madrid or La Sierra de Guadarrama. It might take a little while to locate the farmhouse among the rocks! This was an extremely hot day.
Granite scenery, La Sierra de La Cabrera

Granite scenery, La Sierra de La Cabrera

Andy Rodker
25 Nov 2019 22 12 430
On the skyline, L to R, Siera de La Pedriza, Cuerda Larga, Bolo del Mundo, Peñalara, Mondolindo, Peña Negra, Rio Frio. In the foreground, Peña de Tejo.
Sierra de La Cabrera

Sierra de La Cabrera

Andy Rodker
22 Sep 2019 33 26 327
Granite scenery. Just under the summit of Cancho gordo. In the distance l-r, La Pedriza, La Cuerda Larga and Peñalara, the highest point in the Sierra de Guadarrama (or Sierra de Madrid).
Sierra de La Cabrera, the far western end.

Sierra de La Cabrera, the far western end.

Andy Rodker
18 Sep 2019 25 18 387
The idea is to follow the crest of this ridge as faithfully as possible. It's good fun as the granite provides superb friction and hence 'stickability' if you have the right footwear! It also helps if you enjoy a spot of rock-hopping and using both hands and feet occasionally and the odd spot of adrenalin-pumping exposure! If you have ever enjoyed Striding Edge on Helvellyn, then this would tick all your boxes and then some! (greature exposure, craggier rocks and much longer!). This shot is of just the lower starting (or finishing) stretch. Sight and sound. For no other reason than I've always liked it and another well crafted sub - three minute pop song. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmkcKjGyJv8
Sierra de La Cabrera

Sierra de La Cabrera

Andy Rodker
24 Jun 2019 43 29 715
View from Cancho Gordo, to the Bustarviejo Valley and (from L to R) on the horizon, the rocky extravaganza of La Pedriza, Bola del Mondo and Peñalara, the highest peak in the Sierra de Guadarrama. The mountain goat shots posted a few weeks ago were taken just round the corner to the right but I couldn't quite get them in shot from these rocks.
Can you spot the farm in there?

Can you spot the farm in there?

Andy Rodker
06 May 2019 12 15 366
Inhospitable granite farmland. La Pedriza, Sierra de La Guadarrama, Madrid Province.
Sierra de La Pedriza - a granite wonderland

Sierra de La Pedriza - a granite wonderland

Andy Rodker
16 Jul 2017 29 48 625
This shows the less touristy eastern flank of La Sierra de La Pedriza. The farm on the right may have been deserted. It was hard to tell, even from close up. This is where Spanish westerns were made - no, not the erroneously entitled spaghetti westerns, which were mainly shot in Murcia further south, but silent films, black and white, from the 1920s,