Back from the front

[Stryker]

Thanks Phil, I have been trying to get my wife to accompany me to the Peninsular war battle sites in Spain for years (she's spanish) but somehow we keep missing out... got near Talavera once but we ran out of time and it was the opposite direction to where we needed to go! having two small children in tow doesn't help either, although my 8 year-old son should be used to wandering around muddy fields on rainy days as he plays rugby!
I think I'd prefer to organise my own trips, 10 - 60 minutes isn't enough, I like to wander and ponder a lot, I also like to read up as much as possible on the battles before I go... I do this for any journey actually.. especially visiting new countries, towns and castles.
Never thought of the metal detector option, I guess you can buy smaller fold up ones... I'll have to investigate!
Again, thanks for the info.... we're waiting for the pics :)

Paul