Update:
16th September, 2000
Location: Marina Bay, Gibraltar
Position: 36deg 08.952' N, 5 deg 21.179'
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Last
Sunday (10th September) was Gibraltar's National Day. We arrived at Main
Street just in time to see hundreds of Gibraltarians, wearing their national
colours of red and white, parading through town to the footbal stadium,
where there were rousing nationalist speeches, followed by the release
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was great to have Rita & Dave to stay on Monday and get all the news
from Nortel Networks. With their help we did the 'big shop' at Safeway's
supermarket for stores and 'English' things like mustard, HP sauce, marmite
and tea. Fruit & veg are expensive here - all imported of course (and
not from Spain...) and prices similar to or higher than the UK, so we will
cross the border to La Linea to buy those. There are some great things
here though which are hard to find anywhere else - tinned butter and cheese,
whole rounds of Edam, large containers of basmati rice - most of which
we bought at Ramson's. And then there are the duty-free drinks - some
prices are excellent and others reasonable (if not much different from
Spain) - the local shop, Albor, are agents for Saccone & Speed and
Anglo-Hispanic and will take an order and deliver to the boat. |
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Price
examples:
1L Johnny Walker Red Label £6.00
1L Smirnoff Vodka (red label) £3.60
1L Larios Gin £3.10
70cl Janneau Armagnac VSOP £11.80
24 * 33cl cans San Miguel lager £8.30
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The
weather here is still hot and often humid. Today there is a good deal
of cloud, and it's about 25C with a light westerley breeze. The outlook
is fairly settled, so we hope it will be favourable for our departure
on Monday 18th September |
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