Gibraltar; Friday, 02 December, 2016

Up early and after a quick breakfast I headed over to the cable car to take it up to the top of The Rock. From the cable car station it was clear that the day was going to be a little misty as the whole of the top of the rock was shrouded in a fog.

The cable car ascended to the top station and as it did it the scenery slowly disappeared into a fog. I was the only person wandering around the top that early so I could watch the Macaques having their breakfast (and fights) before having a bit of a wander around the top station and a quick pause for a coffee.

By the time I’d finished my coffee the worst of the fog had cleared and most things were pretty visible so I headed off for a day exploring the rock. First stop was up to O’Hara’s battery at the very highest point of the rock and overlooking Europa Point – the end of Gibraltar. From there I walked down to the spectacular St Michaels Caves and had a wander around them.

From the caves I continues down the hill past the Apes Den before making it to the Great Siege Tunnels and having a look around them before descending a bit further to the Moorish Castle.

When I’d visited in 2005 this had been closed for renovation so I hadn’t been able to look round. Today it was open so I could explore the Tower of Homage and take in its views up the rock and across into Spain.

I set off on the final walk down from the tower into the town and a well-deserved rest for an ice cream and a drink near Casemates square before walking back to the hotel to rest for a little while.

Having sat down for a few minutes I realised that stopping moving had been a bad idea as I could fee muscles in my legs I didn’t know existed starting to ache, so rather than heading out for dinner I decided to cheat and headed up to the very nice restaurant on the top floor of the hotel which I presumed offered excellent views over Gibraltar, but as it was dark and fog had come down again it was difficult to tell.