Aside from eating a little too much, drinking beers, riding relatively expensive toys and helping ourselves to hand soap in the toilets; tickets for the Moto GP in Jerez were purchased some weeks beforehand. All just some of the many many differences to life for those lucky enough to be born in Africa's neighbouring continent.
So the Moto GP then. A cold and foggy ride there probably saved what could well have been 50,000+ ridden bikes from speeding tickets or worse. As for the racing, some joy in the earlier Moto2 race as Brit Sam Lowes (I had to look that up) led from the front and wasn't troubled throughout.
As for the main event, likewise crowd favourite Valentino Rossi did the same. It all made for a pretty boring race but the crowd went home happy I guess. I bet they all support Man Utd, no sorry Leicester City too.
Finally out of the mayhem of noise and machinery that was the bike parking area we headed south and decided on an unplanned stay in Gibraltar. Horror stories of long border crossings fortunately didn't occur so I assume diplomatic links are OK until the next military exercise upsets one or the other.
As for Gibraltar, a bit of a strange place. We came across a large Jewish contingency in a playground all looking immaculately dressed, some Spanishy looking people, some misfits from the UK who'd obviously decided that Benidorm/Torremolinos/Marbella wasn't English enough for them and finally the 'Gibraltarians.' An odd bunch, with an odd accent - similar to many of our small distant islanders I imagine, where fresh DNA is in short supply. The place is pretty tidy and you can't help but feel that they receive a hefty fat cheque from us in the cold every month for the place with nothing in return. 65p a litre of fuel and dirt cheap duty free being some of the no doubt many perks. Don't think I'd like to live there though. Unlike my last visit as a sunburnt pyjama wearing eleven year old, no monkeys to rob me of my chocolate again. After the fox incident probably just as well as a furry animal out there has a Euro size 42 boot waiting for it...
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