Walking past the cemetery the other day, I noticed two of the tombstones had poppy wreaths. Although the name of the cemetery commemorates the Battle of Trafalgar, only two of those who are buried here actually died of wounds suffered during the battle (Lieut. William Forster of the Royal Marine corps of H.M.S. Mars and […]Read Post ›
I’m always surprised when people say there is nothing to do or see in Gibraltar – apart from going to the top of the Rock and seeing the apes. I’ve lived in some nice places (Sydney being the most spectacular I guess) but nowhere have I had so much diversity within literally five minutes walk. […]Read Post ›
Gibraltar commemorates both Armistice Day and Remembrance Sunday. This year as 11 November fell on a Sunday, there were two commemoration ceremonies on the same day. Armistice Day is normally commemorated at 11am in the lobby of Parliament House. Exceptionally this year, the ceremony was moved back to 1.15 pm to allow people to attend […]Read Post ›
Bit of a blog rest at the moment. I decided to sign up for the write a 50,000 word novel in a month challenge. So my creativity – or at least my fast typing – is currently being directed elsewhere. I managed to rattle off 1000 words of rubbish yesterday, but I’ve got a bit […]Read Post ›
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