CLOUDY GIBRALTAR AND SUNNY MANLIVA THIS MORNING

WEDNESDAY 21st/ AUGUST 2013.

We were up before sunrise this morning to take Di across to the airport in Gibraltar by a different route when we got to La Linea De La Conception; it worked, the road was open and free of traffic and we were able to park right opposite the crossing to the border where I took the picture below of a cloudy rock! The lane into Gibraltar was flowing freely also with no hold ups, I had checked before we left on the live web-cams and everything was fine.

We were back before we normally get up so decided to have some of Brenda’s famous ‘Poached Eggs on Toast’ as you can see in the picture above! Brenda is into one of her fridge defrosting, washing and cleaning modes so I’ am up in the office on the WWW.

We will settle back into our normal routine later and will start our new ‘Patterson’s’ up on the roof terrace later in the afternoon for our ‘Happy Hour’ Mano is dropping Derrick off this afternoon for his short holiday with us.

This evening we are having Baked Pork Chops which I picked up this morning from the butchers; the street awnings are going up all along Calle Mar in time for the ‘Vendimia’ next weekend, the festival is over three days this year from the Friday to the Sunday starting with a ‘Flamenco’ Concert on the stage outside the Town Hall, speaking to two of the councilors this morning on the steps of the Town Hall Marcus the man in charge of the financial business said that they might have to build the wine press in its usual spot at the top of out street opposite Bar Rojas if the new one is not going to ready in time in the new square! Watch this space!

Later this evening we watch the news and weather and then catch a film.In fact we watched some live football on TVE1 which did not kick off until 11-00pm - it was the first leg  of the 'Spanish SuperCup' with Athletico Madrid v Barcelona,it was 1-1 on the night with the second leg next week up in Barcelona. meanwhile over in Turkey Arsenal beat Fenerbahce 3-0 in a 'Champions League' qualification play-off and in England Chelsea beat Aston Villa 2-1

Thought for the Day; See above.

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