A run up "The Rock"

The day started with a quick run up to the top of The Rock of Gibraltar which is 426m high. I took the winding roads up but they were much steeper than they looked on the map. Great views from the top of the bay and across to Morocco

I took the direct route down the Charles V Wall which is basically a set of very steep knee shattering steps and bumped into the local Barbary Macaques along the way.

Having been advised to avoid trying to leave Gibralter between 8am and 9am as the queues at the border would be bad, I am now slowly packing the bike with a plan to b on the road by 10am which is by far the latest start time of this trip.