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Ah, all you kids.

Rupert, I read that you live in "the south of France." It may be old news, but if you haven't run across it, you might be interested in Bruno Marc's site, especially his guidebooks: http://bruno.marc1.free.fr/dolmen/doc.html .

We had been hoping his Quercy guide would be published in time for Driving the Stone Age VII: The Lot and Paris, but alas, the publication is now set for May 2009.

We used his book on the Languedoc during DtSA II: Peret. Our French was just barely adequate to get the gist of his directions. We found, I think, four of the five sites we aimed for on the expotition we undertook using one of the drives in his book. Anyone Else's Mileage May Vary!

Bruno is very useful but his directions, even to a reasonable French speaker, can be very flowery. Combine with the IGN 1:25000 maps and you're much better off...

Thanks for the link Bucky, I hadn't seen it before.
I've visited a number of the sites but still loads to go. The dates of some of them are just mind blowing. Carvings 15,000 old, paintings over 30,000 years old!!

If you don't know them, check out the Chauvet caves

http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/chauvet/

Meanwhile I'll go through that link more carefully
Thanks again

Rupert