The Road from Santiago

  We are heading towards Antequera. To be honest the reason we are going there is all at the end of the day. We will have to do some padding first so here goes. We went not knowing what we would discover. It was a day out from Malaga.  It meant crossing the somewhat austere peaks which lie to the north of Spain’s 6th largest metropolitan area.  We arrived in a small but functional bus station, wandered around the market and a bit of the town.  We then discovered the Neolithic burial site. To get there we need to pass the Pena de los Enamorados.   You know when local legend says ‘you can see a face in the cliff and you squint and gurn and really see nothing.  That is not a thing here.  From Antequera this lump of geography looks like a head.  I mean, it really looks like a head.  And a couple of Stone Age tombs face towards it. Of course there is a romantic legend. Boy falls for girl. They are from rival towns. The girl’s father and his henchm...

  We are out amid the olives and the occasional farm house.  We will go near Huertas del Rio - but not enough for us to be concerned with it. While not in the thriving central metropole of the above locale [here is its entire Wiki reference ‘ Huertas del Río es una localidad española del municipio de Archidona , en la provincia de Málaga , Andalucía . Está situada en la zona suroeste del término municipal , cerca de la desembocadura del arroyo Marín en el río Guadalhorce y de la A-92 . Se trata de una zona agrícola fértil con huertas de regadío. En 2024 tenía una población de 208 habitantes. [1] ​’  we will be near a collection of buildings, which feel a bit like a satellite hamlet. This place has the Boulevard Huertas del Rio, and the Calle Rio Genil. The Calle Arroyo Marin and the Calle 19 de Abril.   We are passing the Casa de usos multiples.  You have to admit this is a functional name.  This community centre has 8 reviews and 4.6 stars.  Three ...