A busy month! The focus this month was to complete the trip reports from my visit to Morocco in November 2022 as part of the IBRG SPEGEX-22 expedition which focused on the Spanish possessions on the North African coast as well as The British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. I also focused on the IBRG MAEX -23 expedition to Market Island which I am making progress on with the completion of new country pages for Finland and Sweden and visit reports from July. After 3 plus years of running this website I am nearly completely up to date with only one more trip to Wales to report on.

New Pages

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• Report of my visit to Perejil Island the site where Morocco and Spain almost went to war over the small rocky outcrop. Details here.
• Report of my visit to the closed border crossing between Belyounech – Benzú. Located within a restricted zone and the first photographs taken by a border enthusiast. Visited from both the Moroccan and Spanish sides. Highly fortified border. Details here
• Report on my visit to the Fnideq – Ceuta Border Crossing, the only crossing point between Ceuta and Morocco. Details here.
• Report on my visit to Ceuta. Details here
• Report on my visit to the Spanish enclave of Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera, a rock fortress with the shortest international land border of 81m. Details here.
• Report of my visit to the Alhucemas Islands, 3 Spanish islands close to the Moroccan beaches. A fort and 2 smaller uninhabited islands. Details here.
• Report on my visit to Tarifa Port. Details here.
• Report on my visit to Tangiers Port. Details here.
• Overall IBRG SPEGEX-22 report on whole trip with photos and links to individual border POI’s. Details here.
• Research and design of new Finland Country Page. Maps and Photos added. Links to be made active. Details here.
• Research and design of new Sweden Country Page. Maps and Photos added. Links to be made active. Details here.
• Report on my visits to Berghamn Port (Åland) a major ferry crossing point between Finland and Sweden. Details here.
• A subset interest of some border enthusiasts are embassies and consulates. I took an opportunity to visit some in Mariehamn. Details here
• Report on my visit to Grisslehamn a major ferry crossing point between Sweden and Finland. Details here.
• My first visit to Stockholm, so a few hours looking for Embassies and Consulates. Details here
• My report on the IBRG MAEX-23 July trip to Market Island. Details here
• Overall IBRG MAEX-23 report on the whole trip with photos and links to individual border POI’s. Details here.

Updated pages

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• New photos and links added to the Spain country page. Details here
• New photos and links added to the Morocco country page. Details here
• New photos and links added to the Enclaves and Exclaves page. Details here.
• New photos and links added to the IBRG page, with new trip reports and member details. Details here.
• New photos and links added to the Oddities and Extremities page. Details here.