This morning’s entertainment was to go to a complex of limestone caves. There is an electric train which carried us a kilometre into the hillside.
The history could be a long story – I might even draw upon my degree in Anthropology – but besides that I’ve forgotten most of that stuff I know my readership and will keep is short. These caves were hollowed out by water some 14 million years ago. Later wild, woolly bears found them a good place to hibernate. Then early man moved in and drew pictures on the walls. Now fast forward about 14,000 years to the 18th century when people came to the caves and left graffiti on the walls. All pretty spectacular and as photography was forbidden, I will have to fall back on pictures I took in the Sahara a few years ago.
The artists whose work we saw today also specialised in animal portraits: mammoths, rhinoceroses, horses, deer. It is called the Grotte de Rouffignac if you want to read more on Wiki.