Gibraltar; Saturday, 03 December, 2016

I woke up feeling less stiff than I had been fearing but still a bit achy from the previous days walking.

I headed out for a quick breakfast before wandering over to the Cathedral to have a look around and then next door to the very interesting Gibraltar museum and spent quite some time looking round there, which also helped to miss some of the worst of the showers.

I wandered down into the centre of town and over to the Harbour on the off chance that one of the dolphin tours might be running, but with the weather making even the water in the harbour a little choppy it was clear they wouldn’t be running, and the locked-up offices only confirmed that.

I wandered back to Casemates square and had a spot of lunch before catching the bus down to Europa Point, the end of Gibraltar, home to its lighthouse and even today with heavy clouds views across the straights of Gibraltar to Africa. The latter being visible for only some of the time before it disappeared into the cloud of the next hefty downpour.

Retreating to the bus stop I caught the bus back into town and picked up another bus round to the quieter East Coast of The Rock that sits on a thin strip of land where the Rock meets the sea.

I spent a little time wandering round before the rain picked up again and I retreated back to the bus and headed back into town and then onto the hotel.

The weather really started to deteriorate and I spent the evening in the hotel deciding once again to dine in the rooftop restaurant – which had the added attraction of gales howling round it’s windows this evening, before turning in for an early night.