Wholistic Arts

Petroglyphs, Pontecaldelas Up in the hills between Pontevedra and Ourense sits a small town named after the incredible Roman bridge it grew up around. We went there in time for lunch, then followed the river from the bridge for a surprisingly warm and sunny walk through a forest and back. Then it was further up into the hills by car to find a beautiful collection of petroglyphs. We expected to find the usual couple of outcrops with a few abstract patterns mixed with matchstick hunters and their prey. Instead we found a beautifully decked path winding a couple of kilometres circle around a mild yet exhausting incline.  There were about five seperate outcrops of rock, the largest of which was absolutely covered in art - the neolithic equivalent of graffiti'd rolling stock. I wondered to my two companions (Loreto and Malusa) at the sheer work involved in calving intricate designs in solid rock. This is no mere cavepainting; spitting red paint over your hand to leave an imprint ...

Thorpe Cloud James and myself set out for Dovedale. I had discovered a leyline starting at Thorpe Cloud and heading directly North. Today we revisited our old haunt. The weather on top was windy as usual but what fantastic views all around, including the ley. The leyline has 8 barrows within a few miles and probably many more if I extended it further.  We decided to leave the barrows for another day, which was at Imbolc. For the first barrow. Yet again the weather wasn't too good but the rain stopped for a short time while I investigated the first barrow, which had been extremely hard to find. And yes, I found the leyline running directly through it N-S direction, exactly 23 paces wide, as usual.