The Great Seige Tunnels is a must see when you visit Gibraltar, only open to the public since 2005. Taste the amazing part Gibraltar played in winning WW2, the war against Hitler. The more you get to know, the more you want to know. Its hard to believe that the 30 miles of tunnel inside the rock were [...]
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Standing on Jock’s Balcony you can view the runway and on a clear day you see way up the east coast of Spain. This look out must have been very advantageous for keeping an eye on the enemy. It came to be called Jock’s Balcony after a Scotsman would use the lookout to grab a few [...]
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Get over to Morrisons! Have a beer before you shop and one after if you like. Head over to the hot food counter, get some potato wedges with a portion of chilli, barbecue or tomato sauce, steak and stilton pie (hope they still do that next time I’m over there.) a bag of ready washed salad [...]
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Trinity Lighthouse at Europa Point where the Fedra cargo ship drifted after engine failure. The lighthouse has been a blessing for many sailors in the past because they only had the lights from the windows of Our Lady of Europa Chapel to help them navigate around the rock before Trinity Lighthouse was switched on 168 years ago. Who [...]
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On the 10th October 2008 The Fedra, a 24 year old Liberian registered cargo ship smashed against the rocks at Europa Point and broke in two after its engines failed in very stormy weather. Thirty one mainly Filipino crew members were airlifted to safety and taken to hospital, all released shortly afterwards. These photos were taken a [...]
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Freak weather splits The Fedra in two.
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The Gibraltar Cruise Terminal has won the Seatrade 2008 award for being the best kept and managed Terminal in the Mediterranean.
Approximately 240 cruisers are expected in Gibraltar in 2009 carrying around 350,000 passengers. This sounds a lot but some only call for a day or two. This brings the added opportunity to meet people from all over [...]
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