I returned to Gibraltar in 2010, a place I had visited many times over the years but still enjoyed exploring with a camera. The familiar streets, the harbour and the Rock offered plenty to photograph, as well as a chance to see what had changed since my previous visits.
My cousin Linda joined me for part of the trip. It was a pleasure to share some of Gibraltar with her while also having time to wander and take photographs at my own pace. This collection records the places and small details that caught my eye during that visit.
The white façade of the Bristol Hotel stands beside Cathedral Square in Gibraltar in 2010. Motorcycles and scooters fill the parking area in the foreground, while the steep western slope of the Rock rises above the town.
A tanker lies offshore from Gibraltar in 2010, its dark hull silhouetted against the bright sky above the Strait.
Seen broadside off Gibraltar in 2010, the tanker’s long hull stretches across the horizon. A smaller vessel to the left gives a sense of its size, while sunlight glitters on the water in the foreground.
A twin-engine business jet takes off from Gibraltar Airport in 2010, climbing into a clear blue sky.
An aircraft carrier, probably the French Charles de Gaulle, appears through the haze off Gibraltar in 2010. Its flight deck and island stand out above the shimmering sea
A Barbary macaque sits among the plants growing along a rooftop on the Rock of Gibraltar in 2010, while a gull keeps its distance at the far end.
A terrapin rests on the stony edge of a pond in Gibraltar’s Alameda Gardens in 2010, its shell catching the sunlight
A terrapin swims towards two others resting at the reedy edge of a pond in Gibraltar’s Alameda Gardens in 2010
Bright orange fruit hangs among the leaves of a citrus tree in the Alameda Gardens in 2010, with a stone garden path winding through the greenery beside it.
A white church rises above the surrounding rooftops in Gibraltar in 2010. Its conical-roofed bell tower and long roof stand out against the buildings behind it
Two yellow-legged gulls stand on a stone wall amid the lush planting of Gibraltar’s Alameda Gardens in 2010
From my room at the Bristol Hotel in 2010, a weathered stone arch spans a narrow Gibraltar road, partly hidden by palm fronds and the surrounding rooftops