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  • Dome of the Rock

    April 21, 2018 in Gibraltar ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C

    Standing on a monolithic limestone promontory at about 426m ASL. The right side is nearly vertical, all the way down to the Med. The left, West side slopes down at 45 degrees.

    It is blowing a gale on the right, but one can remain upright on the left side like a true Englishman.

    On a day like today, the scary Skywalk is not so scary as swirling mist obscures the drop.

    On the right of the stadium you can see a row of campers in Spain. My Frankia is parked down there. Thought you might like to know that.

    Quite a few of the people walking across the runway are hotel cleaners known as "Las Kellys", (from "las que limpian, women who clean.) They have formed a Union and made big headlines marching on Madrid to demand better working conditions. It is the same old story, hotels contract out their cleaning whereupon the cleaners loose all their rights such as pensions, holidays etc. They can be cleaning the rooms used by drunken holiday makers for as little as 2 Euros / room. Malaga hotels seem to be the worst offenders.
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