The anti-aircraft positions by the lighthouse up at Cap De L'Horta

Bit of a nuisance of a thing for the amateur Spanish Civil War historian when you schlepp out some distance from base on tram and on foot only to be confronted with fences and locked gates. Where there's a will there's a way and I haven't come all this way for nothing so it's a case of scale a wall and hang off a chain link fence and hope for the best. Not bad for an old geezer with a dodgy back and shot knees. This republican anti air craft position is by the lighthouse at Cap de L'Horta north of Alicante. It would have been part of the network of defences circling the bay, taking in El Faro and Serra Grossa. Plans are afoot to open these positions up as part of the Historical Memory initiative. I will be back. It's an easy run out on the tram to Cabo Huertas and then walk the rest. Great to see the original iron gun mountings in place.