For those of you who were jealous of me going to Galicia...don't feel too bad. We had the most torential rain and wind..the same gales that drove the round the world yachtsmen back into port...and spent much of the time sat in bars eating and drinking. Did get to visit one Dolmen at Axeitos. Very well signposted from road and sits in its own little parkland complete with childrens play area. Also visited the promontary settlement at Castro Barona, a fantastic site that is reached by crossing a causeway to a rocky outcrop filled with hut circles. Unfortunatly the rain was coming in sideways at about 80 mph and we had to take shelter behind a wall before giving in and heading back to the car. The photos I took that morning would be the last of the holiday as my camera decided it did not like Spanish rain and refused to take anymore until I got it home yesterday and plugged it in to the computer.

As was said before I went, sites are not easy to find. We did see a sign for some petroglifo (rockart) but as the camera was kaputt and it was still raining I did not bother stopping. We also followed signposts along the Route of the Dolmens..but failed to see any!

The museum at Ponteverdra had some nice Bronze Age including two nice bits of rockart and in the village we were staying in at Porto de Son there is an interpretation centre for the castro at Barona. Although it is all in Spanish there was enough visible info to give me some idea as to what was going on. Plus they had some useful leaflets on where to find the best rockart.

The rain stopped as we took the hire car back to santiago and ensconsed ourselves in medieval history..Santiago is a great place for a couple of day of culture...with no shortage of bars and eating places..but not much in the way of pagan sites.

Mr H