Gibraltar is another place I've passed on a couple of occasions without visiting it. So on this trip I made the time for a day trip. After getting the bus to La Linea de la Concepcion I walked the few hundred metres to the frontier. There was a steady flow of pedestrians through the police and customs posts. Having completing the formalities, I followed Winston Churchill Avenue towards town. There was a green man showing at the first pedestrian crossing, so I continued onwards, looking left and right, checking for oncoming aircraft. A fresh breeze was blowing over the wide exposed expanse of the runway to Gibraltar's airport which cuts across all land access onto the Rock. The main street was bustling, on a sunny Saturday afternoon. The shops were busy. People were enjoying lunch on
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