Gibraltar Today – On the Beach: Western Beach

Today’s episode was recorded live from Western Beach for the latest instalment of ‘Gibraltar Today: At the Beach’. Being right next to the airport, Western Beach is a great spot for plane spotting, and the use of drones has become increasingly popular. Trevor Hammond from the Directorate of Civil Aviation told us how they keep drone activity on the Rock safe. Mario Nuñez is a regular at Western Beach. He told us what the beach was like when it part of the MOD. He told us about the strong family atmosphere there, even when non-regulars go when it’s levante! Daphne Alecio believes that Western Beach is the forgotten beach, yet despite this it seems to be more popular than ever this summer. But it’s not perfect – she told us about the issues with the cleanliness of the sand.  It’s the first year that Michael Perez started coming to Western Beach, and he has fallen in love with the place. He told us why he plans to continue coming to Western in the future. And, Kevin Salmon has been doing water sports at this beach for about 40 years! He started with windsurfing back when the beach was closed off for the MOD, and progressed into a newer sport known as wing foiling. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.