Things don't go to plan on my short visit to Gibraltar...

food good morning folks we're taking a flight this morning which I'll admit for the most part should be pretty routine but the landing well that could be one of two things impressive if we're sitting on the correct side of the plane and for straight and if we're not because we're off to Gibraltar and it's tiny wee airport nestled between the border to Spain and that big chunk of Monolithic Limestone that makes up most of this British overseas territory now it's the first time I've flown in here so let's see my role of the dice has put me in a seat with a view but I just bet I'll be on the wrong side of the plane I just know it foreign [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] [Laughter] [Music] amazing [Music] foreign foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] arrival [Music] [Music] thanks very much here so welcome to Gibraltar airport you'll see from my footage that at the very last moment I had to hop across to the left hand side of the aircraft so we'd get a nice view of the rock coming in I hope I managed to capture it okay and that you enjoyed the landing but that just shows initially I was right I was on the wrong side there's some big cues of traffic here coming into Gibraltar now they're through security already but what they're doing is waiting for the runway to clear because they have to go over the runway to get into Gibraltar and I think that's the aircraft we're even now all right there we go now when we arrived I was quite surprised there was passport control we had to show the passport and they had one question are you staying in Gibraltar are you going over to Spain no I said I'm staying in Gibraltar because I'm going to be here for the next few hours we'll go for a nice walk but later on this evening I'll be checking into a room on the Spanish side and I'll explain a wee bit later on why we're doing that thank you [Music] [Music] so here we are walking across the very Runway that we touched down on less than 45 minutes ago today what's a noisy busy place foreign [Music] [Music] already I've had to shout so much it was so busy back there but it's not going to be out of that all day that's just because there were a number of arrivals and departures at the airport and just across the runway took over half an hour so that built up some pretty hefty tailbacks [Music] thank you now if I can show you just one thing today I want that to be the Mediterranean steps and to get there they need to go to the very far end of the peninsula and go quite up high as well and in this heat it could be quite a challenge so I just want to drop off this heavy bag first and that's why I'm down at the marina looking for the left luggage see this big ship here I don't think that moves I think that's a hotel and that's the reason that I'm not staying in Gibraltar are the hotels over here are so expensive I picked this pretty much last minute but they were talking about 150 200 pounds a night for accommodation whereas across in La Linea and Spain I've got a room for about 25 quid so that's where we're going tonight yeah Ray I was hunting a boat for a left luggage place so I went into tourist information and they've just given me the unfortunate news that there isn't anywhere to leave my bag in Gibraltar which seems a bit crazy but that just means that we're gonna have to do this the hard way the bag's coming with me and you can probably tell by my shirt it's hot it's so funny walking through the main streets here and seeing all the British brands in fact I've got m s just on my left there and I guess that's a quirk of Gibraltar and it's really just like any other British town but Town centers are not for me so I'm gonna head for the Hills foreign it's always uphill there we go Nature Reserve that looks right so much construction going on here at the moment I tell you what guys if you watch these videos to see me suffer you've picked a good one oh man I guess we can call this a warm-up for the Mediterranean steps because they're going to be a lot worse than this [Music] you just have to walk for 10 minutes and the feel of this town is so different down in the town center it's England up here in the Hills it's Spain foreign because I haven't stocked up on water yet and someone you may know will be very angry at me about that something Gibraltar is seriously lacking as good signage on the same behind me I'm pretty sure this is the way to go but there's no mention of the Mediterranean steps I mean I checked online that was the number one thing to do in Gibraltar and it's not in the signs right folks just something to bear in mind if you are going to be stubborn like me and try and walk to the start line of the Mediterranean steps I remember that's just to the start just bear in mind this is a really tough climb in itself there's no Pavements there's no shops there's construction everywhere the sign is just really poor wow am I going to be able to do this oh no don't tell me pedestrian access to the Nature Reserve Upper Rock will only be allowed through Moorish castle entrance Devil's got footpath from town and windmill Hill have I come all this way for nothing I'm so sorry folks I'll try to get there another way but I'm gonna admit it I'm absolutely gutted it's just because there's so much construction here I think that's why it's closed and sorry to keep moaning about this but I've come all the way down the hill and there's this sign saying this is the way to Nature Reserve makes you walk all the way up there but it doesn't even tell you here but it's closed it said it's open as I walk back down the hill through these awfully nice sweet Gardens I'm thinking that maybe I could get the cable car because the station's just there and there's I don't know if it's cable car or Gondor but it takes you up to the top of the Rock that might be an alternative option you might even be able to get some water there this might work out okay okay okay [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] it's interesting [Music] well there we go 18 quid for the cable car I didn't really want to take it but my hands were tied I think it was the only way I was going to get up to the top of the Rock today with my limited time hey palette [Music] I'm actually a bit feet too for these monkeys especially when they've got kids with them they can be quite unpredictable well the views from up here are really nice but I do feel a bit of a tourist sale we're bringing you up here because the one bit of Gibraltar that I really really like are the trails and they're over that way but I just don't have the time or the ability to get there today I'm not even sure if they're open without taking a really long detour so this is going to have to be it folks thank you although today has been a wee bit of a feel I just have to sometimes accept that these things happen when you travel but what we can see here Beyond The Rock is the Spanish Town of La Linea that's where we'll be staying tonight and then tomorrow I'll take a bus around the coast to the Port Town of alcithiras over there behind us and from there we'll take a catamaran over to a Spanish overseas territory so we'll be going from a British overseas territory today to our Spanish one tomorrow and here's hoping we'll have a wee bit more luck than today let's catch that cable car back down see you there guys [Music] that's cute well today's been such a disaster it sapped all my energy and I'm almost ready just to quit Gibraltar and walk over that border in Spain but what I'll do is I'll head into town regroup a bit find something to eat and if I'm feeling a wee bit better later on we can maybe go for a rewinder but today is never going to be the day that it was supposed to be I'm so sorry about that [Music] great food still didn't happen so I've jumped in a bus I knew I didn't have energy to walk anywhere so we're off to Europa point I don't know what's that Europa point if anything but we'll soon find out foreign look at the ships in the lighthouse then we'll jump back on that bus into Gibraltar town we'll try and cross the border into Spain if they'll let me in we'll grab a big bag of lays some Cinco Estrellas and we'll put this day firmly behind us oh I do love a wee Lighthouse especially stripy ones foreign [Music] [Music] hold up well that's me who even Gibraltar Now The Rock has well and truly broken me today but I'll be back in a couple of days for a flight to Gatwick in the meantime thanks for watching this awful video and I'll see you soon bye-bye goodbye green men [Music] [Music] here's the Border I can see Spain the Delights of La Linea that's a stretch but I get my passport ready [Music] the only good thing about travel after brexit stamps in the passport right let's have a look at today's very funky apartment we have got a full kitchen a fridge with one root beer yes I bought the root beer we've got the bedroom with this little step which has almost killed me already look at that not much Headroom there got the table that I'm already making a mess got our living space here a week desk look at this look at the view that's right Burger King and there's a cat over there wow and finally we have our own bathroom I think that's all right for one night isn't it as long as I don't trip over the step or bang my head [Music] so I wrote my body [Music] the place where I can sit in my rocking chair I wrote my buddies [Music] foreign

Channel: SteveMarsh

Views: 98,325

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Id: YxKvlbfERs4

Length: 22min 2sec (1322 seconds)

Published: Sat Oct 29 2022