Cartagena

We arrived in Gibraltar quite early. We both had a tour to help with. Luckily they were both by coach with only a limited amount of walking. Allegedly. Denis went to visit the military tunnels which run throughout the Rock here – he said it was excellent and he even got to see some monkeys.

I went to visit the city centre and the Kings Bastion – a tour which also included a visit to the airport runway. First stop was Europa Point, the southernmost tip of Gibraltar

Gibraltar is only 9 miles from Africa at that point.

The guide was friendly and knowledgeable but there’s a limit to how interesting you can be about things such as an airport runway. However I did learn that John and Yoko got married in Gibraltar- I suspect I knew this already really but had completely forgotten it.

In summary I would say that Gibraltar is a fascinating place to visit if you’re a military historian. Which I’m not.

On the plus side the tour was only a couple of hours long so I was back on board by lunchtime.

As the ship was leaving early we ran an afternoon bridge session, then I chilled out with the cocktail of the day – “one exciting night” – mainly rum and banana. Very nice and not too much alcohol, so I had a second

Tomorrow we arrive at Cartagena and we have no tours to help with. So we can have a little look around and find an Irish Bar to watch Liverpool play Accrington Stanley in the FA Cup. A banana skin if ever there was one.