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Today, dear Instagram followers, I am taking you to one of the few remaining Crown Colonies left in the World, with a population of 30,000 on 2.6 sq miles of rock.
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Sitting on the tarmac for AN HOUR AND A HALF waiting for fog to lift so I can fly for another two and a half hours to Gibraltar.
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View from the PGC Offices at Europort
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Lunch in Casemates Square, Gibraltar
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Gibraltar Harbourside
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View from room 403, Rock Hotel, Gibraltar at dusk.
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View from room 403, Rock Hotel, Gibraltar.
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Gibraltar Gala Casino
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The Rock of Gibraltar
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Big Red Pillar Box
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Colonial styles on Main Street
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Gibraltar
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Pete gets the beers in..... Good man!
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Gibraltar harbour
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My hotel for the night had known better times...
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I admit I was expecting something a little more impressive from my Gib entry stamp...
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Gib Cops have ultra cool CB 750 police bikes!
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Old foot colonial foot tunnels through the defensive gate heading into Casemates Square
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More British than the English?
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Last resting place of Cpt. Thomas Norman, RMC, died of fever after wounds received at Trafalgar, 1805.
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Every day, on my way to work, I ride through Trafalgar Square. Here, 1000 miles away, is the source of that story in a very small cemetery in the heart of Gibraltar. Gotta love history.
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The canonball is a nice touch I think....
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William Forster, HMS Colossus.
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William Graves, HMS Caesar, Battle of Algiceras, 1801
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Charlotte Bolton, 1800