My review of the historical and current border situation in Gibraltar and photos from my 1997 visit are now published here.
Gibraltar Page now complete
My review of the historical and current border situation in Gibraltar and photos from my 1997 visit are now published here.
Barry's Borderpoints 
Out of interest, what’s to stop someone from swimming across the border on the south-east side from beach to beach? Has anyone tried that?
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No because the actual frontier is heavily fortified with wire fences and is subject to observation.
But there is a little known Invasion of La Linea by Royal Marines 2004 when, one particularly foggy morning, a party of Royal Marine Commandos stormed ashore on exercise and proceeded to dig themselves in on the beach. Surprised Guardia repulsed the ‘invasion’ by informing the troops they were actually in Spain, not on their exercise beach the other side of the frontier. 🙂 🙂
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Yes, I remember that one. It made it to the BBC News that night.
The Marines platoon commander would have had to pay a large bar fine that night, I think.
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