Gibraltar

Here we go again….

Posted by on 7, Apr 2017 in 2017 - Rock to ???, Gibraltar, Spain, Tilly the Tandem | 0 comments

Here we go again….

Gibraltar to Villamanrique (322km, 7 nights, 1844m climb) Our reputation for bringing mayhem to countries after we visit continued with the Gibraltar row kicking off the day after we left. I don’t know what it is about us but soon countries will be paying us not to visit! Having landed in Gibraltar we then had to cycle over the runway and on the bike, surely a first and only time we get to cycle on a runway between plane landings. We managed a full restock at Morrisons in Gib and had a lazy evening at a Harbour bar seeing how many margaritas we could down in happy hour before cycling...

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Going Ape!

Posted by on 31, Mar 2015 in 2015 - Iberia and Morocco, Europe, Gibraltar, Taffy, Western Europe | 0 comments

Going Ape!

‎We got our money from Nat West as Barclays ATM was out of order and popped into M&S to see if they had any Cornish crackler, they didn’t so we went to Morrisons to get cheddar, passing numerous vans advertising Strongbow, John Smiths, McVities and Walkers crisps, sent a couple of post cards from a the Royal Mail Post Office, avoided all the cafes selling Bacon and Eggs and British Fish and Chips, made sure we said ‘Gor Blimey Govnor’ a lot and asked a British Bobby what the time was. Welcome to Gibraltar, a little England in a sea of Spain. This is a weird but...

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