MANILVA,GUALDAMINA.

Thursday 23rd. October.

We were up bright and early and shot across to the bank in Estepona to change our English money and then call into the garage to get a update on the Winnebago.It’s back on eBay and will finish on the 2nd.November so we are watching it every day with great interest and fingers crossed! We then came back to Manilva to the surgery for our flu jabs. Brenda has been very busy all day washing and ironing,the top room next to the roof terrace looks like a Chinese laundry as it is not a good drying day.Meanwhile I have been in the office catching up with the blog and e-mails before we pack for the move tomorrow to Guadalmina.In the afternoon I made a curry for supper which we had with Basmati Rice before we had an early night.

Friday 24th.October.

In the morning we did a little local shopping as we will get what we want for next week after we settle in to the villa in Guadalmina later today.We had a light supper and then packed the car ready to go when I noticed that the bar at the top of our street that has been refurbished during the last few months was having a opening night.Bar Rojas is now looking very smart and all the locals were in there with the local TV crew filming as when a new business opens that get a free advert on Manilva TV.We had a quick drink with the owner and then shot across to the villa where Clive and Carolyn made us very welcome with a nice bottle of Vino Blanco as we made the arrangements for our stay.James the pond man is due back on Saturday and next week James the floor man is calling in to finish off,the gardener Miguel is due in the middle of the week and the cleaning lady,Merly is in on Monday and Friday.Clive and Carolyn are going to Devon for a week and then to London to see an Al Green concert at the Albert Hall and some shows before we pick them up from Malaga airport late on Friday 7th. November.

Saturday 25th.October.

We were up very early as,5-00am to get the folks to the airport for their flight to Gatwick in the Toyota Land Cruiser,we then had Brenda’s famous Poached Eggs on toast for breakfast before we shot down to the supermarket to stock up for the weekend,as we were returning we had a phone call from Vidal asking for help to get him a hire car as he had a very bad day on Friday with his car and was desperate to get to his gigs over the weekend,Our car hire friend in Marbella,Roberto arranged one straight away and within half an hour Vidal was on his travels!We then took Bruno for a walk around the country roads,he knew his way better than us! The seven cats were lined up for feeding when we got back and the fish in the pond practically jump out of the water when I approach with the fish food!This morning we had a e-mail from Brenda’s sister in Australia,Lyn who has just been on holiday for three weeks and had done over 5000kms. along the Gold Coast and on to Queensland to see her son Jeff and his family.One of our mobile phones then went and it was our dear friend Joyce who we have not seen since she was over at her villa outside Marbella when Jane was staying with us earlier in the year,Joyce is coming over for a month over xmas so we will catch up with her then;Jane has just come back from a holiday in Miami with some friends and we are waiting for the report and pictures! Tonight we are having Chicken Breasts,flattened and cooked in a lemon( From the garden) butter sauce and we will then watch on the large screen TV, Strictly Come Dancing and a film.