Agave by the roadside near Loja
Almond blossom in early spring
Dry thistle head - El Torcal
Green olives
Tiny irises near Zaffaraya
The gorge at Alhama de Granada
Antequera alcazar
El Chorro - a gorge where the Guadalhorce river has cut through a vertical bed of limestone
Limestone karst at El Torcal
Limestone karst - El Torcal
Roadside pottery stalls near Guadix
Iznajar on the far side of the embalse
Montefrio
The medieval (7th and 8th C) village of El Castellon at Pena de los Gitanos near Montefrio
El Castellon medieval village
View from El Castellon
Eryngo
Roadside flowers in early June
A street in Ronda
The Giralda in Seville - a Moorish minaret that is now the cathedral bell tower. You climb up it by means of a wide, gently sloping ramp
Seville Alcazar - a post-reconquista building but in the moorish style
El Hacho - the hill above Loja - on a stormy winter's day
The old tobacco leaf drying shed at Carcamo near Huetor Tajar.
Ripening olives
Zagra
Mules are still a popular mode of transport in villages
Sierra Nevada from Granada airport - January 2009
The high red building on the right is the old Nasrid watchtower at Agicampe
Wild carrot flower
More wild flowers
Spider web
Nest of Precessionary Caterpiller
Cordoba Mezquita
The ruins at Madinat-al-Zahra - the Moorish Palace west of Cordoba that stretched for 5 km but only lasted 30 years
Patio de las Naranjas - Cordoba Mezquita
Arches at Madinat al Zahra
The Sierra de Huetor is a Natural Park to the north of Granada
From the visitor centre there are splendid views across the Genil valley to the Sierra Nevada
Visitor Centre
Dirt roads lead to this view point
By a picnic area is an arboretum